352 SPORT IN EUROPE 



In the lakes the trout may be taken on a silk line, towing a small 

 fish or a spoon or other spinning bait, a method that invariably answers 

 in the lakes of Geneva, Neuchatel Zurich, and Constance. The 

 licence for fishing in this way has to be paid to the State, amounting 

 as a rule to thirty francs a year. It goes without saying that, on the 

 larger lakes, some places are more adapted to this style of fishing ' 

 than others. 



In the rivers, where the angler will find the most beautiful scenery, 

 the rod is usually employed. The bait, which depends largely on the 

 state of the sky and water, may be either a fiy, a small spinner, or 

 some such natural bait as worms or gnats. It may also be necessary 

 to change the bait more than once during the clay, but this no doubt 

 applies equally to the pursuit of trout in other countries. Bow-nets 

 and trammels are also very widely used, but these are not within the 

 province of sport. Trout are plentiful in most of the rivers, particu- 

 larly where there are few works and factories on the banks. In some 

 of the lakes they reach a large size, and trout weighing fifty pounds 

 have been taken from the Lake of Geneva. Some streams and rivers 

 are preserved by the owners of hotels, the fishing being in such cases 

 available only to those who use the hotels. 



The pike is indigenous to most Swiss rivers and lakes, and has 



been introduced in the Inn. It is at its best in the lakes, particularly 



at the edges in the deeper water. Some lakes are more 

 Pike. 



noted for their pike than others, and among these 



mention may be made of the lakes of Zurich, Neuchatel, Morat ; 



while even such small sheets of water as the Lake of Joux, or the 



Black Lake in Fribourg, contain pike in great number. 



