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the reel with more hope of making a good job 

 of it. 



I am not so fond of live-baiting as of either of 

 the other two methods of pike fishing, but it has its 

 attractions. It can be practised either with pater- 

 noster or float. The first differs from paternostering 

 for perch, which has been described, only in degree 

 everything from bait to lead is somewhat stronger 

 and bigger. Also, many anglers employ a " snap- 

 tackle," an arrangement consisting of two specially 

 constructed triangles, or of a triangle and a lip. 

 hook ; the second is perhaps somewhat better for 

 the paternoster (the bait being put on as in trout 

 fishing), the first for float fishing. A large single 

 hook, however, will often give a good account of 

 itself, especially if the pike are "running" at all 

 shyly. A bite, by the way, in pike fishing is 

 generally termed a " run," a relic, no doubt, of old 

 days, when anglers used a gorge-hook, and had to 

 allow the fish first to run with the bait and then to 

 swallow it at leisure. 



With modern snap-tackle one saves much time, 

 as one can strike (in pike fishing the word "strike" 

 has its proper place ; force is needed to drive the 

 hooks home) almost at once, after counting, say, 

 ten. Even with the single hook one need not wait 



longer than that ; its point stands well away from 



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