. The angler's guide; being a new, plain, and complete practical treatise on the art of angling for sea, river, and pond fish, deduced from many years practice, experience, and observation. Fishing. DEAD SNAP. 195 it, merely because they are become scarce, the hook being generally rejected by all experienced Trollers of the present day, as not worth Dead Snap with three Hooks. This snap is fitted as follows :—take three hooks of the size No. 2, and tie them altogether, back to back, firmly on one end of about twelve inches of strong gimp ; let the other end be formed in a loop, (see t
. The angler's guide; being a new, plain, and complete practical treatise on the art of angling for sea, river, and pond fish, deduced from many years practice, experience, and observation. Fishing. DEAD SNAP. 195 it, merely because they are become scarce, the hook being generally rejected by all experienced Trollers of the present day, as not worth Dead Snap with three Hooks. This snap is fitted as follows :—take three hooks of the size No. 2, and tie them altogether, back to back, firmly on one end of about twelve inches of strong gimp ; let the other end be formed in a loop, (see the Cut); then having provided a dead-bait Fish, now take your baiting needle, and hang the loop of the gimp to it; then enter the point of the needle in the vent of the bait, (but do not penetrate too deep in the body,) and bring it out at its mouth; draw the gimp after, until the hooks lay at the bait-fish's vent -, now pass over the gimp a bead drop-lead, and place it inside the bait's mouth, which must then be sewed up, and all is ready for fixing to the trolling-line.—Note. This snap should be baited with a large bait-fish either a Roach or Dace, say from six to eight ounces weight, and in extensive pieces of water which contain heavy Pike, especially at the time when the weeds are rotten or gone : this snap, so baited, will be found effective and worthy the Angler's Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Salter, T. F. (Thomas Frederick), fl. 1814-1826. London, Sherwood
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