CONTENTS 



THE PIKE 



CHAPTER PAGE 



I. THE PIKE OF FABLE AND FANCY ... 3 



II. THE PIKE OF FACT 15 



III. PIKE FISHING IN LAKES . . 31 



IV. SMALL WATERS AND TYPICAL DAYS . . . 51 

 V. PIKE FISHING IN RIVERS .... 72 



VI. THE ANCIENT ART OF TROLLING. . . . 91 



VII. SOME FOREIGN RELATIVES . . . .112 



VIII. THE SPINNING BAIT AND ITS TACKLE . . 129 



IX. MODERN METHODS OF SPINNING . 150 



X. FLOAT-TACKLE AND ITS USES . . . . 163 



XI. PATERNOSTERING AND LEDGERING . .174 



XII. PIKE IN TROUT WATERS 185 



