114 BOTTOM FISHING IN THE NOTTINGHAM STYLE. 



At the bottom of the lead there is another foot of gimp 



or so. with a loop on one end and another of the spring loops 



and swivels on the other, and at the end of this last there is 



another foot of gimp with a small loop at one end, and the 



night of hooks at the other. Some tyros may want to know 



why this trace, &c., cannot all be in one piece, without 



having so many pieces and so many swivels in it ? The reply 



is that the bait must revolve or spin in the water, and if there 



were no swivels on the trace it would not do that very well, 



to say nothing of twisting arid kinking the line. I like plenty 



of swivels on my trace, and the spring loops and swivels may 



be bought at any tackle shop, being very cheap. These 



spring loops and swivels are also fastened together and are 



very useful things, as they enable the angler to disengage any 



part of his trace from the others in a moment. Some anglers 



only have their traces divided into two parts, with one 



swivel, but I like it divided into three or four with as many 



swivels, because if one swivel gets fast during the process 



of spinning, there is another to keep twisting. This, then, 



is the spinner's trace : and now for the flight of hooks. There 



are various nights in use, but the one that is known as the 



" Pennell " flight is the best. It is chiefly remarkable by 



having the lower hook or hooks formed like the letter S ; it 



also has a sliding lip hook and one or two flying triangles. 



This is a very simple arrangement and is a very deadly one. 



The sliding lip hoop, as you may infer from its name, is made 



to move up and down the gimp of the flight, purposely to 



adapt it to any-sized bait. A piece of fine wire or gimp is 



whipped to the side of the hook, so as to leave two loops, one 



at the end of the shank and the other near the bend of the 



hook. The gimp of the flight is then put through the loop 



nearest the bend, and twisted two or three times round the 



shank, and then passed through the other loop. By loosening 



the coils of gimp that are round the shank, the lip hook can 



be shifted up or down to suit the requirements of a large or 



small bait. The lower hook, as I have said, is like an S, 



and between this hook and the lip hook there are one or two 



flying triangles, so called because they hang loose, and are 



not fastened in the bait at all ; they are on short pieces of 



