bait the hook

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As you walk, you bait the hook with your desire to have an idea, an idea for how you’ll write the review of this MasterClass.

From Slate • Apr. 30, 2019

I’m fond of a quote – variously attributed – that says: “When you go fishing, you bait the hook with what the fish likes, not with what you like.”

From The Guardian • Oct. 7, 2017

Every party, you bait the hook, and I dangle.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 1, 2015

One must chum the waters and bait the hook, and go trolling for love and laughter, for caring and sharing, for long walks and quiet talks, for Bach and brie.

From Time Magazine Archive

The can of bait, the hook and line Were lyin' with the ball of twine, An' "Jim," I seemed to hear him say, "The fish will suffer some to-day."

From The Cornflower, and Other Poems by Blewett, Jean