io6 THE PIKE. 



end of lead to the needle eye measures the same 

 length as the bait from tip of nose to centre of 

 tail. Insert the needle in the mouth of bait, and 

 push it with the lead quite through, being careful 

 to keep in the centre until the eye protrudes from 

 the tail sufficiently to admit loop of gimp passing 

 through it ; then turn up the hooks, fixing one of 

 the first triangles in the gill-cover, then fix one of 

 the next set midway between tail and the first set, 

 and complete by making a half-hitch round the 

 root of tail with the gimp, and pass loop through 

 the needle eye. Or the hooks may be detached 

 from the lead and used as a livebait snap. It can 

 also be used for spinning by threading the gimp in 

 at the side, above but rather behind the vent and 

 out at the mouth, by the aid of the needle ; then 

 thread through the centre of lead which is pushed 

 into the bait, the triangle of hooks being drawn up 

 tightly, to give the necessary curve to make the 

 bait spin : at the same time make a half-hitch 

 round the wire eye of the lead, and pass through 

 the lips of the bait by puncturing them with the 

 needle. 



Pike-anglers who are acquainted with these 

 tackles speak well of them, 



