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... plate before you . You next take a strand of fine silk , neatly waxed , and about a foot or more in length , and you whip it two or three times firmly round the hook at that part of it nearest your finger - nails , or , generally ...
... plate before you . You next take a strand of fine silk , neatly waxed , and about a foot or more in length , and you whip it two or three times firmly round the hook at that part of it nearest your finger - nails , or , generally ...
Page 164
... plate , you bait with it as follows : -Insert one of the last treble hooks close to the tail of the bait , and curving that part of the bait a little , keep it on the curve , by inserting tightly the next single hook in the bait higher ...
... plate , you bait with it as follows : -Insert one of the last treble hooks close to the tail of the bait , and curving that part of the bait a little , keep it on the curve , by inserting tightly the next single hook in the bait higher ...
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... plate of it , would be difficult if not impossible . ' The cut in the preceding page must be examined by placing it horizontally before you . Colonel Hawker describes this tackle thus : — ' A large minnow trolling - hook , size No. 1 ...
... plate of it , would be difficult if not impossible . ' The cut in the preceding page must be examined by placing it horizontally before you . Colonel Hawker describes this tackle thus : — ' A large minnow trolling - hook , size No. 1 ...
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