TROUT. 



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a short piece of strong gut, with a loop at the 

 end, are the sizes I use. 



To bait these hooks, take a Minnow bait- 

 ing-needle, and enter the point in the side of 

 the fish near the tail, having first placed the 

 curved end to the loop of the gut of the largest 

 hook, bring it out at the mouth, and there 

 leave it ; then take the baiting-needle again, 

 and with the second hook attached to it in the 

 same way as the first, enter the point thereof in 

 the minnow's side, between the back and gills, 

 and bring it out at the mouth, leaving the 

 loops of both hooks in the bait's mouth ; the 

 gut to which the hooks are tied, must be only 

 of sufficient length to admit the loop ends to 

 reach to the mouth. Always place the largest 



