28 PIKE AND OTHER COARSE FISH. 



10 produce such a fastening as will fulfil them. It will be seen, 

 I think, that this is done by the swivel shown in the engraving. 

 Why it should be so a glance at the mechanical arrangement of 

 the swivel will probably suffice to indicate. The thing is so 

 simple that the wonder is that swivel makers or 

 tackle vendors have not long ago hit upon the 

 method, instead of year after year continuing to 

 manufacture patterns of hook-swivels which 

 have only to be glanced at to be condemned. 

 It is claimed for the swivel represented in the 

 cut that, besides escaping the charge of unsight- 

 liness, the line can be attached and disengaged 

 not IU.K SWIVEL in a moment, and that, owing to the ' hook end ' 



WITH IMPROVED ... , ,, ,- ,, , , - . . 



HOOK. projecting towards the centre of the loop, it is im- 



possible that it should work off accidentally 

 when in use. A moment's thought and the most cursory 

 examination will, I believe, show this, but if not, a swivel is 

 not a very expensive item, and probably those of my readers 

 who are enthusiastic in pike-fishing will not grudge the slight 

 trouble involved in giving it a trial in practice. 



The attaching of this hook-swivel to the end of the reel 

 line will save time, and add to the neatness of the trace-junc- 

 tion. Mr. Charles Farlow, of 191 Strand, London, is the pro- 

 prietor of this swivel, and is prepared- to supply it made exactly 

 according to the pattern shown in the illustration. 



All swivels work best and last longest when of small or 

 medium, rather than of large si/e, and they should be well 

 oiled before and after use, and kept in oiled paper. The 

 observance of this very simple precaution will double the 

 efficiency of the swivel. Blue swivels show less in the water 

 than bright ones, and are less liable to rust. 



I think I may venture to say that no one who has ever 

 attempted to extract a flight of hooks from a pike's jaw with 

 his fingers will desire to repeat that experiment ; nor does he 

 need to be reminded that the teeth of the pike are exceedingly 



