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the fish at once, instead of allowing him to take the bait away 
to his hold ; the principal, and indeed the only difference be- 
ing, that when we go out with the intent of snap-angling, our 
hooks are large, and ought to bo strong also, and our rod is 
strong and short. 
“ Directions for making a Live Snap-Bait. Take two 
strong hooks, of size No. 3 or 4, according to the strength of 
their make, as well as the size of the bait : tie each to about 
an inch and a quarter of line twisted wire, and again tie these 
two wires together, including in the tie a hook* No. 8 or 9, 
and also eight or ten inches of gimp, which loop at the other 
end: but in the tying, place the large hooks, contrariwise, so 
that one may poiut towards the head, and the other towards 
the tail of the bait-fish, which will greatly increase the chance 
of success when using it. To apply this, enter the small 
hook under the back fin, and allow one of the two large 
hooks to apply itself close to one side of the bait, and the 
other to be similarly placed on the other, but with the direc- 
tion of their points reversed. We have often, even when the 
spring-snap has been in our book, made use of this more sim- 
ple plan in preference, particularly where our only baits were 
gudgeons. A good sized roach or dace can conceal the snap, 
but it is hardly applicable in any way to a small fish. 
u Dead-Bait Spring-Snap. This machine can be applied 
either to the dead or living bait ; it is, however, we think, 
more applicable to the former, as it requires a sufficient hold 
oa the bait to offer a resistance equal to the springing snap, or 
the benefit is lost : such a hold is injurious to the live bait, 
and soon destroys it. No bait answers so well for the placing 
of the spring-snap, as either a roach, bream, t or perch, on 
* Thcso hooks should bo tied near the top, in a similar position to 
that on the spring snap-hook, described on plate of hooks. 
t Any of the small fi&h that inhubit the .stream with tbo pike, will an 
■wer the purpose, und be equally acccptublo. 
