SNAP-TACKLES. 



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To further this end, two years ago I invented a 

 snap-tackle in which one hook only is placed in 

 the bait's back-fin, which does not injure or weaken 

 it, the other triangle being kept in position by a 

 fine wire spring put in the bait's mouth and out 

 through its gill cover. These new tackles are 

 manufactured by Messrs. Allcock and Co., Red- 

 ditch, and patented by them as the " Jardine Pec- 

 toral Spring Pike-Snaps." 



THE 



'PERFECTED" SNAP-TACKLE. 

 BAITED. 



They are retailed by Messrs. Carter and Co., St. 

 John Street Road, and most other dealers ; and my 

 own experience is that baits used on these tackles 

 last three times longer and " work " much more 

 strongly than on any other snap-hooks, and that 

 these tackles excel most others in killing qualities. 



I quite agree with Mr. C. Pennell that any 

 hooking of the lips and I would also add, in the 



