The young folk's cyclopædia of games and sports ; (1899)
Champlin, John Denison, 1834-1915, Bostwick, Arthur Elmore, 1860-1942, joint author · New York, H. Holt and company · leaf 332
8) has two hooks, which are set to-gether like a trap, and which springapart (Fig. 6) after they are in thefishs mouth, thus holding himsecurely. The treble hook (Fig. 10)consists of three hooks fastened to- gether. Several treble hooks areoften placed one below the other inwhat are called gangs… … Fig. 16.—Spoon-hooks. Fig. 17.—Squid. piece of polished metal shaped some-thing like the bowl of a spoon.When it is drawn rapidly throughthe water the spoon twirls, and as itflashes along attracts the fish, whichsnaps at it and is caught by thehook. This kind of fishing is calledtrolling and is…
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