CONTENTS 



CHAPTER PAGE 



I. By Way of Introduction 19 



A clearing of the ground for the task. 



II. 



Literature and History 23 



A general survey of the subject from ancient 

 times until the present. 



III. Description of the American Pikes . 33 



Mainly scientific, the matter of nomenclature, 

 and how to distinguish the various pikes. 



IV. The Little Pickerels 45 



Their distinguishing marks, habits. Casting 

 and fly-fishing for them. 



V. Casting for Great Pike with Artifi- 

 cial Lures 58 



Habits of this morose gentleman, with re- 

 marks upon proper rods, reels, lines, and 

 lures to employ in casting. 



VI. Great Pike and Live Bait 73 



A dissertation upon this much-abused method 

 of angling, with a sufficiency of information 

 as to tackle, etc. 



VII. Fly-Fishing for Great Pike .... 88 



Some remarks upon a method of angling which 

 is seldom indulged in for this fish, with 

 words of wisdom regarding tackle. Always 

 underneath runs the record of habits. 



VIII. Trolling for Great Pike 102 



When all other methods fail, this wins. How, 

 when, and where, as well as tackle. 



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