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In regard to these lip-hooks, Mr. A. N. Cheney, in an article 

 in the " American Angler " says : 



" I wrote an article upon ' Hooks for Trolling Gangs' (spinning flights), 

 which was published in The Angler, Feb. I4th, 1885, with an illustration of 

 lip hooks. Since then Mr. H. Cholmondeley-Pennell has described in one of 

 his books that form a part of the ' Badminton Library,' a lip hook of his own 

 designing, that seems to leave nothing to be desired in a lip hook. It has two 

 loops. or" rings, one at the end of shank and one at the side, and gut or gimp 

 has no opportunity to slip when this movable lip hook is used." 



To save myself still further trouble, however, whilst at the 

 same time " refining " to the utmost this conspicuous part of the 

 flight, I recently hit upon a plan by which the lip-hook itself could 

 be altogether dispensed with; instead, in fact, of keeping the 

 flight in its place by means of a lip-hook I produce the same 

 result only much more securely, and in a more workmanlike 

 manner by tying the gimp itself in a half knot through and round the 

 lips of the bait. To effect this, of course it is necessary to detach 

 the trace below the hooks (here the hook-swivel comes into 

 play) and it is also necessary or at any rate convenient that if 

 a gut-trace be used, the gimp bottom should be very neatly spliced 

 on to it, so as to admit of the whole thing passing readily through 

 the bait's lips when tying the knot. 



To make this attachment is easy when the knack is once 

 acquired. I daresay it will appear complicated in verbal descrip- 

 tion, but I will try to make it as clear as possible. Having 

 detached the trace below the lead, insert the tail-hook of the flight 

 in the bait's tail, and the straight-reverse hook also, right through 

 its side, so as to crook the tail nearly but not quite to a right 

 angle ; now pass the end of the gut or gimp under the bait's gill- 

 cover (dotted line B, incut) and out at its mouth, and then trans- 

 versely through both lips. Finally make a sort of half knot (C) by 

 passing the trace through itself under the loop formed at the mouth, 

 and having drawn it tight re-attach the loop of the trace (A) to 

 the hook-swivel. 



