Contents. 



PART IV,— PIKE AND PERCH. 



Chapter I.— The Pike and His Chakacteristics. 



Ancient writers on the pike— Description of the pike— His 

 habits— His ferocity and voracity— Tench as food, or 

 doctor— The haunts of pike— Jack in a baited swim- 

 Weight and growth of pike— Jack fishing in pubUc waters, 

 a contrast — The first English writer on pike and pike 

 fishing— The gander and the pike— Pike in ancient times- 

 Pike on the table— Different methods of jack fishing - - I 



Chapter II.— The Pike (continued). 



Pike Rods, Reels, and Lines. 

 The pike rod— What it has to do— How it should be made- 

 Different woods and canes suitable for pike rods— Rod 

 rings and ferrules — Pike reels — The Malloch casting reel — 

 Slater's cage guard reel — Allcock's pike reels — The plain 

 Nottingham reel — The line — How to dress or waterproof 

 a pike line — The line dryer — Landing nets and gaff hooks 

 — Flight cases and haversacks — Rod and tackle varnish 20 



Chapter III.— The Pike (continued). 



Casting Out the Bait. 



Different methods of casting— The Nottingham style— The 

 right-handed cast — The cast from the left hand — How to 

 cast from the reel — Weights and their distribution — The 

 forward swing — Casting with a coiled line — A peculiar cast 43 



Chapter IV.— The Pike (continued). 



Spinning with a Natural Bait. 



Spinning, what it is — A simple spinning tackle — The Chapman 

 spinner and its contemporaries — Flights and their uses — 

 The spinning trace — Best baits for spinning — "The Trent 

 Otter's " spinning flight — How to bait it — A good season — 

 How to spin to have the best results — Different methods 

 for different waters — Condition of the water — Clouded v, 

 clear water spinning — Spinning in deep and sluggish waters 

 — Changing the bait — Striking, playing, and landing a pike 

 — Haunts of pike during the different months — Spinning 

 leads — Preserving dead baits 55 



