FRANCIS SNAPPENNELL SNAP. 63 



these are all mounted on a piece of yellow 

 gimp, with a lip-hook made to slide up and 

 down at pleasure on the gimp, so as to accom- 

 modate a bait of any length. It is used thus 

 the small hook is inserted under the back 

 fin, the point coming out at the other side ; 

 care must be taken that it does not go in so 

 deep as to injure the bait ; the large hooks 

 lay on the back of the bait ; the lip-hook is 

 then run through both lips, and the bait is 

 ready for use. If carefully done, the bait will 

 swim as strong as in ordinary fishing. When 

 the Pike seizes it let him run a yard or so to 

 make sure, and then strike sharply the con- 

 trary way. 



The " Francis " snap is similar in form, 

 having a triangle at the end ; but the hooks 

 are all of one size ; and the small lip-hook, in- 

 stead of sliding, is fixed ; this is hooked under 

 the back fin of the bait, and the triangle hangs 

 down at the side. 



The " Pennell " snap is in the same form, 

 but instead of being hooked under the back 

 fin, it is threaded across the side of the bait 

 with a needle under the skin from belly to 

 back, and the triangle hangs below the bait. 

 The objection appears to be that if there is a 

 weed it must be caught, and if the bait has to 

 be thrown far, the skin of the bait must be 

 torn off. The "Francis" style of baiting is 

 by far the best. 



Another style of snap, much liked by some 



