Directions: 1. Use cheese, salami, bacon, peanut butter or any sweet smelling foodstuffs as bait 2. Place bait on the hook at the tip of the bait holder. The bait holder is the metal piece between the springs on the trap 3. Move the long rod at the other end of the trap backwards away from the trap. 4. Carefully pull back towards you the u-shaped metal bar with the springs and hold it down with your thumb 5. Place the long rod over the u-shaped metal bar and engage it into the opening (hole/slot) on the bait holder. The bait holder is now slightly elevated and the trap is set (refer to picture). 6. While lifting trap, be careful to grip sides only! Move trap to areas of rodent infestation 7 place as near to wall as possible with bait facing wall do not place fingers on top of trap.