06 BAIT AND FLY FISHING. 



two Limerick hooks, No. 6 ; I made them 

 after this fashion. I cut a hair of gut about 

 four inches long, tied on each end a Limerick 

 hook, brought both hooks down, tied the 

 double at top to one hair to go up to catch 

 on casting line ; I then put on two small 

 red worms or brandlings on the hooks. I 

 took off the upper loop of catch on casting 

 line, and then took my needle and put on a 

 larger worm on top, drew it down to the 

 other two worms, which were drawn up over 

 the hook one inch ; this holds them together. 

 Sometimes I used three smaller in a similar 

 way. I had a float to keep the bait six inches 

 from the bottom, and a pellet or two on the 

 foot of the casting line ; I have tried salmon 

 roe in the same way in still water ; I always 

 used the paste ; I put on two hooks of the 

 Kerby make, tied back to back, No. 7 or 8. 

 As salmon roe fishing may be stopped, 

 there may be a substitute employed ; a very 

 good one may be made by boiling the head 

 and shoulders of a salmon to a jelly ; when 

 cold let them be strained through a cloth 

 and mixed with an equal quantity either of 

 glycerine or refined cod liver oil ; put a part 



