440 MANUAL FOR YOUNG SPORTSMEN. 
with the gut between them, and then firmly tied with 
waxed silk. But I procured from Ireland a set of hooks 
wedded or united together, and they are far superior to 
single hooks joined by tying together, for they frequently 
double up, and become very troublesome. George Karr, 
before named, can rig this kind of train better than any 
man in the city, as far aa my experience goes. 
5th. Taz Barr anp ‘FPutes.—The proper bait is the 
shiner, which can be plentifully procured in all the lakes of 
Hamilton County. They are taken with the smallest kind 
of hook, No. 12, with worm bait; and when secured, are 
put into the bait-kettle, and preserved until used. The 
mode of putting the shiner on the train is simple: put the 
lip or single hook through the lip, the middle hook in the 
belly, the end hook in the tail. 
Unlike trout-fishing proper, I loop on my flies when 
trolling. About thirty-six inches from the shiner I loop 
on the leader—a large fly; and thirty inches from that 
fly I loop a smaller-sized one, and then I am rigged to 
“throw out.” 
