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one No. 5 hooks, either braize or get them braized 

 or soldered back to back like a pair of grapples, and 

 whip them on the gut about half an inch from the double 

 hooks ; then whip a very small loop of gut to a No 5 

 hook and slip it on the gut, so that it may dro [) down to 

 the treble hook; then get a piece of lead the form of a 

 barleycorn, but twice as large, with a hole pierced through 

 to admit another loop of gut rather longer than that 

 attached to the hook, which is also slipped on the gut ; 

 then at the loose end of the gut fix a small swivel and 

 another lenglh of gut about a yard and a half long, with 

 a swivel at the end to fix to the line, and your tackle is 

 completed. 



There is another way to fix the single No. 5 hook as 

 follows. Take a piece of well waxed silk and whip it 

 round the bare hook from near the'bend to near the 

 shank, then place the back of the hook on the length of 

 of gut, a little above the treble hooks, and whip the silk 

 round the gut and hook till it comes near the bend, then 

 fasten and cut off the loose end of the silk. The hook 

 fastened in this manner, will, as well as the looped one, 

 move up and down the gut, so that you may accommo- 

 date it to the length of your minnow or any other 

 bait-fish. 



The annexed plate will give you an idea of the traces 

 both before and after they are baited. 



To bait the hooks proceed as follows. We will con- 

 sider you have already provided yourself, with some of 

 the middle-sized and brightest minnows you can get the 

 whitest are the best ; then pierce the tail of the minnow 



