Methods of Creeper Baiting. 107 



the fish taken with it are generally larger and heavier 

 than the average, your worm -rod will answer better, 

 that is,, supposing you go out expressly to fish with this 

 bait. Select a stout casting-line and a yard and a half, 

 or so, of stout round gut, and tie on to it, with yellow 

 silk, a Limerick hook, No. 4 or 5, with a short shank. 



The first method of baiting : Take the Creeper between 

 the left finger and thumb, the head near the thumb end, 

 insert the hook in one side of the shoulder and bring it 

 out at the other, and the point of the hook will lie next 

 the cheek on one side, and the shank on the other. 



The second method is to have a long-shanked hook, 

 armed with a bristle. Insert the hook in the throat and 

 run it out at the tail, then put the bristle from the under- 

 side of the head through the top, to keep it on the shank 

 of the hook when throwing. 



The third method: : Tie on two hooks, thejend one, of 

 the size above mentioned, with a shortish shank, the other 

 half an inch a,bove, but smaller. Insert the end-hook 

 under the bait, near the tail, bringing it out there, and the 

 other in the under-side of the head, bringing it out at the 

 top ; one hook will then stand up, and the other down, 

 the heavier one keeping the bait, in some degree, the 

 right way up. Or you may put them both through the 

 bait sideways, at the places spoken of, though the other 

 is the better way. 



The fourth method : Take a small triangle and tie it 

 on the end, and a No. 2 Limerick fly-hook above, accord- 

 ing to the size of your Creepers. Insert the triangle on 

 the under-side of the belly, near the tail, and the other 

 hook in the under-side of the head coming out at the top. 

 The largest and yellowest Creepers are the best ; but any 

 of them are good baits. 



It should be fished up stream without a sinker, though 

 some Anglers prefer a small one, eight inches Trom the 



