94 THE PIKE. 



the " Bickcrdykc " snaps. Both are excellent 

 tackles. 



About 1882 I intioduccd new snap- tackles with 

 which I had killed some of my largest pike. 



PEN NELL'S LIVKSAIT SNAP-TACKLE 

 (with adjustable Lip Hook). 



Lately I have improved them, and now they arc 

 known as Jardinc's " Perfected " snap-tackles. One 

 alteration is in the small " rydcr " hook being 

 made rather longer, which is to be inserted in the 

 top corner of the bait's giH cover, and not in the 

 base of its pectoral fin, for just there is the 

 fish's heart, and the bait soon gets exhausted 

 and dies. 



The bait lives much longer and works more 

 strongly with the hook in the corner of the gill 

 cover. Livebaits are often difficult to procure, 



JARDINE'S "PERFECTED" SNAP-TACKLE 

 (with adjustable Hook). 



especially in quantity sufficient for a couple or 

 three days of pike-fishing, and it becomes neces- 

 sary to economise, and not to exhaust or kill 

 them when livebaiting. 



