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well out from the central link in the way shown in the engrav- 

 ing, that they should be attached knotted on to it in a par- 

 ticular manner. The method of attaching them is as follows : 

 first, tie a half-knot (a a in flignt No. 2), in the gut or gimp 

 to which the triangle is whipped, at the point where it is in- 

 tended to diverge from the bait, b b. Take the triangle in the 

 left hand and the end of the central link (c] in the right ; pass 

 the point of the latter through the half-knot in the direction of 

 the triangle ; pull the triangle down to its place ; draw the 

 knot tight ; and lap over the further end as figured in the 

 woodcut at d d. By this means the inclination of the flying 

 triangles will always be to stand away from, instead of to lie 

 close to, the central link. 



The advantage of the additional body-hook (between the 

 reverse-hook and lip-hook), is that in the case of flights with 

 the curved reverse-hook it counteracts the pull or tension 

 from the lip-hook, which has a tendency to overpower, so far 

 as the small reverse-hook is concerned, the pull or tension 

 exerted to keep it in its place by the curve of the tail. This 

 pull from the lip-hook I found had the effect of not un- 

 frequently causing the small reverse-hook to work out of its 

 hold, and to counteract this inconvenience the additional 

 body-hook, pointing towards the bait's head, has been added. 

 There is, therefore, a ' double counteraction ' between the two 

 sets of hooks ; the reverse tail-hook counteracts and keeps in 

 position the principal tail-hook, and the reverse body-hook acts 

 as a resister to the strain from the lip-hook. 



No. 2 will be found the most commonly useful size of 

 flight, as, although it is more particularly adapted to gudgeon or 

 dace of the length given, it will answer very fairly well for a 

 bait half an inch longer or shorter, and this latitude will take 

 in a very considerable portion of the ordinary sized spinning- 

 baits. In fact, I do not believe, except under exceptional cir- 

 cumstances, in spinning with very much larger baits or flights 

 than those indicated. 



The moment you come to a large heavy bait, such as a 



