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ANGLING FOR PIKE. 



be soaked for an Lour in cold water before being tied. This 

 knot is neat and very strong. At the waterside the angler 



_ ^^=;>^^ ^ »- >^_. ^^y sometimes find bimself obliged 



JI^ ^LZ ' 1^/1 — '- to omit the binding. This can 



only be done with any degree of 

 safety when the lengths of gut 

 to be joined are about the same 

 thickness; the silk, or fine gut, is 

 best fastened off by the method 

 shown in Fig. 19. 

 Gut should be stained a drabby brown in winter, and a pale 

 green in summer — in each case matching the vegetation as far 





Fig. 17. Knot for Tying 

 Lengths of Gut together. 



Fig. 18. Method of Binding Gimp to Triangles. 



as possible in colour. A neutral tint which is generally useful 

 is obtained by leaving the gut for a few minutes in Stephens' 

 blue-black ink. Strong coffee lees, with, possibly, a dash of 



