CREEPER FISHING. 47 



stones over in the shallow water with your 

 hand; but this is a slow way to collect 

 them in comparison with a net. The best 

 baits to use are the largest and clearest 

 coloured and those with a mottled olive 

 body above and yellow below, being fully 

 an inch in length. 



To BAIT THE CREEPER HOOK. 



There are different ways of baiting them. 

 Personally, I prefer two hooks (sizes two 

 and one) tied about five-eighths of an 

 inch apart two at the point and one 

 above. To bait them, hold the creeper 

 in your left hand between the thumb and 

 forefinger, and with your right insert the 

 larger point of the hook through the body, 

 close to the tail, the point protruding 

 upwards. Impale the smaller one through 

 the neck or head and you can then cast 

 without fear of flicking them off. 



The creeper must be fished up stream 

 practically like clear- water "worming," 



