XXV TRIANGLES: A PIKE-FISHER'S 



LAMENT o o o o o 



IN the United States, we are told, there is a move- 

 ment afoot for the abolition of the triangle not 

 Euclid's (though one can imagine supporters for even 

 so fierce a scheme as that), but piscator's. There are 

 times when that movement, as reported, has my sym- 

 pathy, and this is one of them. I endeavoured a while 

 back to get pike tackle into some sort of order before 

 a contemplated expedition with Caradoc, who is a 

 sceptic in the matter of pike-fishing. To that end 

 I cleared a piece of table, and placed upon it (A) a 

 long cardboard box purporting to hold spinning flights ; 

 (B) another long cardboard box supposed to contain 

 live-bait tackles ; (C) a third cardboard box contents 

 doubtful, but heavy, and therefore to be overhauled ; 

 (D) a tin box holding spoons ; (E) another tin box 

 and more spoons ; (F) another tin box containing 

 phantoms, a big Devon or so, and " assorted " baits ; 

 (G) a very large cardboard box holding cobbler's wax, 

 silk, wire, thread, swivels, spare hooks, and other 

 necessities for tackle-making ; (H) an indiarubber fish 

 armed with three triangles. These things represent 

 the accumulation of years, and I have often thought 

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