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tion of pike-fisliing, which is called in angling books of a 

 quarter of a century since, "sinking and roving," with 

 some qualms. As a fishing practice, it is least to be defended, 

 though perhaps the impalement of a live fish on the hook 

 appears worse than it really is. I give one of the many 

 plans of live-bait fishing. About eighteen inches of stained 

 gimp are formed and armed in this fashion, (fig. 28.) The 

 bait is attached as shown in fig. 29. In baiting, the gimp 

 is passed with the baiting-needle through a hard piece 

 of skin in one or two stitches, until the shank of the 

 hook (A) is brought close up to the skin as shown. The 

 flying triangle (B) then hangs as shown. I can see no advan- 

 tage in the spring snap. The old-fashioned snap-tackle was 

 adapted to smaller fish than the above, and for clear water. 

 It was thus made with three hooks — two of No. 3 and 

 one 8 or 9, tied at different angles. The smaller hook was 



Fig. 30. 



Fig. 31. 



inserted beneath the back fin, and the hooks were laid by 

 the side of the bait. 



A dace is " highly recommended," as the shopkeepers 

 would say, as a bait for snap-fishing. A gold or sUver fish 

 is adapted for murky water and dull days. A gudgeon 

 and even a minnow may be used with advantage on pro- 

 portionately-sized tackle. The bait is suspended in mid- 



