54 ANGLING FOR PIKE. 



SO it will add to the fineness of the tackle to make this portion 

 of fine gut. Another advantage of this plan is that, if the 

 lead catches in anything, the tackle breaks below the hook, 

 and not above it. I am indebted for this idea to Mr. Jardine. 

 The distance from the lead to the hook-link should, as a rule, 

 be about 12ui. or 18in. ; but it may be 

 even 3ft., if necessary, to keep the bait 

 above the weeds. 



Any small bait may be used with 

 this tackle, a dace being probably the 

 best, and a chub or carp the longest 

 lived. The hook-tackle I have shown 

 (the single hook is put through both 



, , ^ CI} lips of the bait, and the triangle fixed 



low on the side, about the middle) is 

 most generally useful; but for very 

 small baits, a single hook (No. 10 or 

 No. 12), of the same kind as those 

 shown in the triangle, should be put 

 through both lips of the bait from 

 underneath. For medium -sized baits 

 when the water is coloured, or for large 

 baits at any time, the best tackle is 

 that illustrated on page 47; but when 

 used with a paternoster, it is not 

 arranged on the bait as there shown. 

 The small hook of the dorsal triangle 

 should be put through both lips of the 

 i bait, and the end triangle should be 



^ fixed on the side, about the middle. 



Fig. 27. Pike Paternoster. When only the single hook is used, 

 the angler should not strike directly 

 he has a run, but should wait for the pike to move oif. A hard 

 strike is in this case not necessary, a steady pull being all that 

 is required. 



In summer the paternoster is particularly useful for fishing 

 the openings among weeds. The angler can either walk along 

 the bank, and di'op it in wherever he sees an opening, or pass 



