150 THE PIKE 



CHAPTER IX 



MODERN METHODS OF SPINNING 

 BY JOHN BICKERDYKE 



BROADLY speaking, there are two methods of casting. 

 In one, line sufficient for the purpose is drawn off the 

 reel and either let fall on the ground or crumpled up 

 in the hand ; in the other, the cast is made directly 

 off the reel, after the manner of the Trent fishermen. 

 The well-known Malloch reel may also be used, but 

 it is not much favoured by pike spinners, though 

 frequently seen in the hands of salmon fishers when 

 working the prawn or phantom. I would strongly 

 recommend any reader who turns to these pages for 

 instruction, to adopt one method and stick to it. 

 Those who fish mostly from the bank would be 

 certainly well advised to learn the Trent method, 

 though it is a little more difficult than the one I have 

 first mentioned, which may be termed the Thames 

 style. 



