3 1 2 Pike-Fishing. 



swinging movement, trusts to the weight of the 

 lure and float and the momentum they acquire to 

 draw from the reel as much line as will cover the 

 water to be fished. In the second, and perhaps the 

 best method, he unreels a good length of line, then 

 holds the rod well back with the right hand until 

 he can grasp the line along with it, takes the bait 

 in the left, and projects it well and boldly into the 

 water, letting free the line from the right as the 

 bait runs out, and at the same time directing the 

 point of his rod towards the spot he desires to 

 reach. In both methods there must be correct 

 calculation of the distance required to be covered 

 and of the force required to cover it, before there 

 can be a successful throw. When the bait has 

 reached the water, 



fi The patient fishe*r takes his silent stand, 

 Intent, his angle trembling in his hand ; 

 With looks unmov'd, he hopes the scaly breed, 

 And eyes the dancing cork and bending reed." 



If lazily inclined, the angler sometimes rests his 

 rod on a forked stick by the water-side and waits 

 for events. But this style of fishing is unsports- 

 manlike, and if the attack of the fish on the 

 bait is to meet with a prompt response from the 

 angler, he must hold himself in readiness to give 

 it. The disappearance of the cork is the sign that 

 the pike has accosted the frog and is desirous of 



