40 LIVE-BAIT HOOKS. 



which you now take the needle, till the bend of 

 the double hook is brought to the place where 

 the needle entered, when the bait will appear as 

 in the sketch (see next page). 



The loop is then fastened on the hook-swivel at 

 the end of the trace, and the bait is ready for use. 



Observe that the gimp and shank of the 

 hooks lay under the skin only of the bait ; be 

 careful, therefore, in passing the baiting-needle 

 beneath the skin to do it cautiously, so as not 

 to wound the flesh, or remove the scales un- 

 necessarily ; the bait then appears to feel very 

 little inconvenience from the operation, and 

 will swim nearly as strong in the water with 

 the hooks as without. 



In fishing weedy places, always clear the 

 hooks from any small weeds that may catch 

 to them when you draw it out of the water, 

 for although the Pike is a voracious feeder, 

 still he will often refuse the bait if there is the 

 slightest particle of weed hanging to it. 



The Paternoster is used properly without a 

 float, although some prefer it with ; in length 

 it is about a yard and a half, of yellow gimp, 

 with a Paternoster lead at the bottom fastened 

 by a loop. On it are looped three hooks, size 

 about No. i , the bottom one six or seven inches 

 above the lead, the next about a foot above the 

 bottom hook, and the next a foot above that. 

 A sketch is given at page 42. To use the 

 Paternoster, fasten the loop to the running line 

 as usual, no trace being required; the baits, 



