. 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. 188 THE TROLLER S GUIDE. An excellent Live-bait Snap. Take two hooks of the size No. 3, and tie each of them to about an inch and a quarter of twisted wire; then take a hook of the size No. 8, and about ten inches of gimp; put one end of the gimp to the wire that the aforesaid hooks are tied to j lay the hook No. 8 on the wire and gimp, and tie the whole very securely together J then make a loop at
. 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. 188 THE TROLLER S GUIDE. An excellent Live-bait Snap. Take two hooks of the size No. 3, and tie each of them to about an inch and a quarter of twisted wire; then take a hook of the size No. 8, and about ten inches of gimp; put one end of the gimp to the wire that the aforesaid hooks are tied to j lay the hook No. 8 on the wire and gimp, and tie the whole very securely together J then make a loop at the other end of the gimp, and the whole is ready to receive the bait. (See the Cut.). To bait this snap, act as follows:—-take a proper sized live Gudgeon, Roach, or Dace, and run the small hook through the flesh just under the back fin, and let the two large hooks hang one on each side of the bait-fish, and all is complete. When a Jack seizes your bait and runs off, strike smartly, and you will seldom fail hooking him.—Note. When tying the hooks and gimp. 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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