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encircles the wire pillars ; these last are fastened 

 together at one end by a steel band, through 

 which the shanks of the hooks slide, when 

 they spring out on a fish being struck ; the 

 other end of the pillars is formed into a ring, 

 to which is attached the gimp, having a loop 

 at the end ready to fasten to the hook-swivel 

 of the trace. 



To bait the spring snap, the small hook is 

 inserted under the back fin of the bait, and the 

 large hooks hang at the side. When the Pike 

 takes the bait, strike sharply, and the large 

 hooks fly out, the flat shanks sliding easily 

 between the pillars. This snap may be used 

 either with a live or dead bait. 



We now come to what are called the Dead 

 snaps that is, those that are used with a dead 

 bait. Of these the first is the dead-snap with 

 one hook ; to bait this you require a baiting- 

 needle. The hook, a long-shanked No. i, is 

 tied to a foot of stout gimp, looped as usual at 

 the end ; attach the loop to the needle, and 

 enter the point of it in the side of the bait 

 about the end of the back fin, bringing it out 

 about a quarter of an inch from the gill ; enter 

 the point again at the gill, and bring it out at 

 the mouth ; draw the gimp through till the 

 hook lays close to the bait, point upwards ; 

 now take a pointed bead-lead with a ring at 

 the end, pass it down the gimp, and place it 

 inside the mouth of the bait; sew the mouth 

 up, and it is ready for use. 



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