42 THE PIKE. 



doubles the life of it. A little good carriage maker's 

 varnish is the best for his rod, painted lightly and thinly 

 over the surface, but this should only be done at the end of 

 a season, when it could stand on one side for a week or two 

 and get thoroughly hard and dry. Finally, I might say, that 

 the pike fisherman who values his health should always, 

 in bad weather, wear good waterproof boots or shoes, and 

 keep them well dressed with '' Dale's dubbin." The various 

 flights and tackles for spinning and livebaiting; how to 

 make and how to use them, will be illustrated as far as prac- 

 ticable, and described in the chapters that follow. 



