A nglmg with the Live- Bait. 3 1 3 



becoming better acquainted with it. Some anglers 

 allow a few seconds' grace before proceeding to 

 extremities, but I advise instant striking. The 

 spring snap-hook is considered by many to possess 

 an advantage over the ordinary snap-hook, but if the 

 angler strike at once with my tackle, it will require 

 no spring to lodge the double hook in the mouth of 

 the fish. Live-frog fishing is best when the day is 

 dull and breezy, and the water is low and clear. 



Another good live -bait is a small trout. The 

 method of fishing it is the same as that just 

 described, but the tackle is somewhat different. 

 Tie two No. 14 hooks back to back at the end 

 of the gimp, and a single hook of the same size 

 an inch apart from them. Pass the single hook 

 through the skin of the trout, taking a little of the 

 flesh at the dorsal fin, and allow the other hooks 

 to hang undraped by the side of the bait. An 

 equally good arrangement is to have a single No. 

 10 hook at the end of the gimp, and two of the 

 same size an inch farther up. In this case one of 

 the pair is inserted in the bait as before, and the 

 other hooks hang free. Fixed upon such a tackle, 

 the trout swims easily about and forms a capital 

 lure, while the disengaged hooks are suspended in 

 the position in which they will be most certain to 

 strike when the pike seizes its prey, as it generally 

 does, crosswise. 



