iy6 "The B RI T I S H A N G LE R. PJL 



rhe Skin only, and out at the Bone behind the 

 Gills ', then again under the Gills^ and out at 

 the Mouth. This Jatter V/ay is by many 

 thought the befl, becaufe there rs only the Skin 

 ro hinder the drawing and piercing of the 

 Hook : Whereas in the former Way, if the 

 Pike hold faft, all the Flefh on the Outfide of 

 the Fifh will be drawn into a Heap or Lump, 

 fo thick, that the Hook can hardly reach thro' 

 k to pierce the Pikers Chaps. 



Obferve that tho' the Pike hath fed to that 

 Excefs that he cannot gorge your Bait, yet 

 will he rife and make many Offers with fuch a 

 Good-will, that you may often catch him with 

 the Snap. 



In angling for the Pike^ after he hath taken 

 your Bait, if he move fiowly, and make no 

 Scop, give him Time, and you will feldom 

 mils him. Cad not the Bait in the fame Place 

 above once, or twice at moil ; for he common- 

 ly takes the Bait at the firft or fecond Throw. 

 If he be ftill after he hath taken the Bait, gen* 

 tly move your Hand, to try which Way his 

 Head lieth. If you cannot difcover that, then 

 ftrike diredly upwards 5 otherwife, inftead of 

 hooking him, you may pluck the Bait out of 

 his Mouth, l^ he take it upon the Top of 

 the Water, and lie ftill, you lee which Way 

 his Head lieth, and may order yourfelf accord- 

 ingly. 



At the Snap your Tackle muft be ftronger 



than for the Trowl, in regard you muft ftrike 



much more forceably. Your beft Lines are 



made 



