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down from their proper positions. The first worm is 

 then put on, by inserting the hook at its head and 

 running it up over that hook altogether ; then turning 

 the uppermost hook round and inserting it also at the 

 same incision ; then run the worm up over this hook 

 also till the tail of it is fairly above the bend of the 

 hook, and the upper part on the line above. A second 

 worm is taken, and the hook entered about its middle, 

 running it up also to the second hook, which is entered 

 at the same incision, and run round in the loose end of 

 the worm, which covers it over the bend and point. 

 The remainder of that worm is pressed up till it appear 

 contracted and thickened on the short piece of gut in- 

 termediate between the two hooks ; then a third worm 

 is taken and run on the first hook head foremost, leav- 

 ing its tail to cover and project over the point. This is 

 called a full and proper salmon bait. Some use only 

 two large worms in the manner of the first and third, 

 with half a worm, or a small one put on the second 

 hook to cover its head and point/' 



Upon what I have quoted I need only to remark, 

 that the simpler tackle and simpler mode of baiting 

 adopted on the lower salmon casts have always been 

 found sufficiently effective, and the feats from time to 

 time performed by the single hook, attest that it works 

 well, while its very simplicity is itself commendable, 

 and affords ample guarantee for the ease with which 

 one the veriest novice, may employ it. 



I shall now describe the most approved way of 

 angling with the worm for salmon. The performer 

 requires to use a long, stiffish rod, eighteen feet and 

 upwards, such as is employed for pike trolling. The 

 rings should be large, allowing the line to pass through 

 them without the smallest restraint, and the reel itself 



