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the case during the month of March. The rod should 

 be a strong one, the top stouter than that used for 

 trolling, and the whole about twelve feet in length. 

 The gimp and line should also be stout, because much 

 strength is required in striking. Of snap hooks there 

 are many sorts, but it will be sufficient to enumerate 

 three or four of the best. 



1. The quadruple snap is formed of four No. 4 hooks, 

 one being tied to each end of two pieces of fine twisted 

 wire, each about three inches in length, and then both 

 doubled in the middle. The hooks being thus pre- 

 pared, take a piece of gimp about a foot long, and 

 at one end make a loop, and pass the other end through 

 the two bent wires, and a gut loop, with a No. 6 hook at- 

 tached, the whole being bound fast together. Another 

 form is this, which is made by tying a hook, No. 2, at the 

 end of a piece of stout gimp, about 

 a foot in length, having a loop at 

 the other end; and then about an 

 inch higher up, a second hook of the 

 same size. Then prepare another 

 in the same way, and bind them to- 

 gether, attaching a drop-bead lead. 

 To bait the former of these snaps, 

 the small hook must be passed 

 through the back of the fish (a live 

 one) just under the fins, taking care 

 not to go so deep as to injure the 

 bone. Two of the other hooks will 

 then hang down on each side, one 

 pointing towards the head of the 

 fish, and the other towards the tail. 

 The other is baited thus : put the loop of the gimp 

 under the gill of the fish, and bring it out at its mouth; 



