62 LIVE-BAIT SNAP-HOOK. 



have been already described ; the trace and 

 float are the same as in ordinary live-bait fish- 

 ing. Many anglers prefer twisted gut for the 

 trace instead of gimp, as it is much stronger 

 and does not show so conspicuously in the 

 water ; others, myself among the number, con- 

 sider salmon-gut quite strong enough for any 

 Pike. 



Snap-hooks may be divided into two classes, 

 those used with a live-bait and those used 

 with a dead bait, (the former require a float, 

 but the latter are generally used without one,) 

 and these are again divided into those that 

 spring open when the fish is struck and those 

 that do not. 



Of those that are used with a live-bait, and 

 that do not spring open, the following is the 

 best; and is known as "Otter's live-bait 

 snap." 



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It consists of four hooks, two large ones brazed 

 back to back, and a smaller one brazed about 

 the middle of the shanks of the larger ones, 

 and pointing straight out from them as above ; 



