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hooks and tackle used in fishing for pike and 

 jack, that the limits of our space forbid a 

 minute description of them. They are, how- 

 ever, so well known to all anglers, and may 

 be had in great variety at every fishing-tackle 

 shop, that it seems unnecessary to do more 

 than merely refer to them. Thus there are 

 single, double, and treble hooks for live-bait 

 fishing ; also spring-snap and dead-snap hooks, 

 bead-hooks, spear-hooks, &c. 



Live-bait fishing is generally practised with 

 a float ; though by some anglers the float is 

 dispensed with; particularly when roving for 

 pike or jack. 



Snap-fishing is employed for taking jack and 

 pike at certain seasons, when they are out of 

 condition and careless and indifferent of food, 

 and are apt to eject the bait without touching 

 it, after they have seized it. The snap-fisher 

 strikes very sharply and suddenly, directly the 

 fish takes the bait ; and having extra strong 

 tackle, he drags the fish ashore at once. Snap- 

 fishing is not recommended to the young 

 angler. 



Trolling with the gorge-hook is that usually 

 employed ; and it is considered the most killing 



