116 BOTTOM FISHING IN THE NOTTINGHAM STYLE. 



be straight by eacli other along the side of the bait, and no 

 loose gimp between them, or the bait will not spin so well. 

 Another kind of flight that is mostly used by the more expe- 

 rienced of the Trent professionals, and is considered by them 

 to be the simplest and most deadly in use, is made with only 

 one or two fixed triangles, and no lip hook at all ; I consider 

 the two triangle flight to be the best. These two treble 

 liooks are whipped tight to a length of gimp (sixteen or 

 eighteen inches long, is right) as near to one another as 

 possible, so that there is not above a quarter of an inch of 

 gimp between the end of the shank of the end one, and the 

 bend of the hooks of the other ; and there is a loop at the 

 other end of the gimp. In baiting this flight, put the loop 

 of the gimp in the eye of a baiting needle ; and pass this last 

 in at the vent of the bait, and bring it out at the mouth, 

 drawing the gimp after it, until the shank of the first treble 

 hook is in the vent ; you then stick one of the hooks of 

 the end treble well in the bait towards the tail, taking care 

 however, before you do, to bend this latter downwards a 

 bit; so that the hook will keep it bent ; and in order to keep 

 the bait in good condition as long as possible, it is necessary 

 to give it some little protection, or the strain of throwing 

 soon tears open the vent and lets out the insides for this 

 purpose the best plan is after the flight is baited as directed, 

 you bring the loop of the gimp back again, and pass it under 

 the gill covers, and again out at the mouth and draw tight ; 

 this you will see holds the head of the bait as it were in a 

 loop, and puts most of the strain where the bait is the 

 strongest to bear it. The trace that we generally use to 

 spin this flight with, is rather more simple in its construction 

 than the one described some time back ; the bent lead is 

 the same, only there is a brass box swivel at the thin end, 

 and a buckle swivel at the other ; and you must be sure 

 that this lead hangs below T the line. Joined to the brass 

 swivel is about a couple of feet of gimp, with a loop at the 

 far end to attach the reel line to ; the loop of the flight is 

 just looped in the buckle swivel at the thick end of the lead, 

 and it is ready for use. This flight and spinning trace hus 

 the merit of being very simple, easy to make, and very 



