240 PUTTING TWO WORMS ON THE HOOK. 



When worms are small, say of the average size 

 of brandlings, I prefer two on the hook at the 

 same time, a larger and a smaller one. I put on 

 the larger one first, and when I have got it half 

 on my hook, I pass the point and barb through it, 

 and draw it delicately up the shank on to my gut 

 or hair. I then take the lesser worm, one just of 

 such size that when I bring its head to the end of 

 the shank of the hook the tail may hang but very 

 little, more or less according to size, beyond the 

 hook's point. I next draw down the upper 

 worm until the perforated part of it comes in con- 

 tact with the lower worm, and I allow the tails of 

 both to meet, and, if possible, to entwine within- 

 side the bend of the hook. Worms put on well 

 in this way are most attractive baits, and, believe 

 me, that salmon and large trout will greedily take 

 two large blue-heads well scoured and adjusted 

 on the hook in the way just described. Let such 

 a bait roll along the stream about a foot from the 

 bottom, and, provided salmon or trout be there, 

 you will find it stopped by one or other of 

 them. 



Some authorities put on the double worm 

 differently. The larger or upper worm they put 

 on as I advise, but the smaller or lower worm in 

 another way, viz., with its head towards the point 

 of the hook, and its tail upwards to meet that of 

 the larger worm. I really cannot see any material 



