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In lake-fishing for large trout, such as Salmo 

 ferox, of Loch Awe, with a small trout for bait, snap 

 hooks whipped on strong gimp, are to be preferred. 

 An excellent snap, of four hooks, is made thus : To 

 the end of your gimp whip a stout No. 4 hook; 

 and a little higher up, on the same gimp, another 

 hook a size or two smaller, so that the two may 

 stand back to back, and the bend of the uppar one 

 a quarter of an inch above the shank of the lower. 

 On another piece of gimp, whip two more hooks in 

 a similar manner: and an inch above the shank of 

 the upper hook make a small loop on the end of 

 the gimp. To bait the hook, put the end of the 

 longest gimp into the gills of the small trout, 

 and bring the end out at its mouth; do the saoae 

 with the shorter piece at the other gill, and pass 

 the end of the longer gimp through the loop of the 

 shorter, which loop is to be drawn into the fish's 

 mouth. Slip a small leaden bead down the length 

 of gimp into the mouth, and sew it up. Stick the 

 lower hooks slightly into the skin of the fish that 

 they may lie fair, and the bait is ready. If it be 

 thought necessary, in large bait, six or eight hooks 

 may be used in the same way, having the lowest 

 reaching nearly to the taiL The artificial bait, called 

 a devil, formed of silk and silver twist, and having 

 a tin tail, slightly curved, to make it spin better, 

 and armed with a bristling array of hooks, is some- 

 times used y in the same manner as a spinning bait 

 in fishing for large trout. Two or three, of different 





