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ciatches less — less fish I mean, 

 for in weed-catching its suc- 

 cess is remarkable. In addition, 

 however, to getting rid of this 

 unsightly appendage the new 

 method secures the further ad- 

 vantage of adding very con- 

 siderably to the durability of 

 the bait, in fact, I don't think 

 I should be exaggerating if I 

 said that a bait attached in the 

 manner above described would 

 last half as long again as a bait 

 attached with the ordinary lip- 

 hook. 



On the score of simplicity, 

 provided the trace be made in 

 the manner described, with a 

 hook-swivel of my pattern below 

 the lead, no objection can pos- 

 sibly be urged. The loop of 

 the trace, whether gut or gimp, 

 being lapped dose up to the end 

 {vide cut), will be found stiff 

 enough to pass through the nose 

 and under-hp of the bait, if a 

 puncture be previously made 

 above and below with the point 

 of the tail-hook. This obviates 

 entirely the necessity of a bait- 

 ing-needle. The loop should 

 in every case be passed through 

 the upper lip— or rather nose — 

 of the bait first, and the under 

 lip second ; as a neater knot 

 is thus formed and the bait 

 appears both to last longer and 

 spm better. The ' straight- 



S FEET OF TRACE 



FLIGHT NO. 4, DISPENSING WITH 

 LIP HOOK. 



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