1 88 SWIVEL-TRACES. 



motion, which assists greatly to attract the 

 notice of predaceous fish. The swivel-traces 

 used with the gorge-hook require no leading, 

 the hook being of itself sufficiently weighted. 

 Some troll wholly without a swivel-trace, but we 

 are certain that it is to the manifest injury of 

 the spinning of the bait, and we therefore strongly 

 recommend these traces. By means of the swivel- 

 hook a great convenience is also obtained, as the 

 tackle becomes so readily disengaged ; but it is 

 to be noted that, in releasing it, the ardent angler 

 sometimes is violent and snaps his swivel, which 

 is another reason why no prudent one should be 

 without spare traces, or indeed without duplicates 

 of all the minor articles of fishing apparatus. 



Gorge-hooks of all sizes and figures are kept 

 in the shops. The necessity of having different 

 sizes of the gorge apparatus is apparent, from the 

 fact that you use it, in trolling for large and 

 small pike, with baits from the size of the min- 

 now to that of a roach of from two to eight 

 ounces. Not only should gorge-hooks be kept of 

 various sizes, but their shape, particularly the 

 leaden part of them, should be adapted to the 

 shape of the fish you use as a bait. The minnow 

 and gudgeon are round enough in shape to con- 

 ceal a round leaded gorge-hook, corresponding 

 with their size, but for the bleak, and roach, and 

 dace, which are more flat-sided, we recommend 



