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PIKE AND OTHER COARSE FISH. 



PER 



Perch and perch fishing (cont. } : 

 perch fishing with paternoster, 



259 



minnow and float, 262 

 spinning for, baits and tackle, 



262-265 



float and worm, 265 

 Pike, notes on history of, 



1-7 



European and American, 3 

 British, early notices of, 4 

 derivations of names, 4-5 

 tame pike, 140 

 taking frogs in stew-ponds, 



139 



killed by swallowing lizard, 



141 

 capacity of food consumption, 



143 



growth rate, 144-149 

 fish casting v. fish stuffing, 



149 



very large pike, 150-155 

 pike with rings, 155 

 fish 'declensions,' 157 

 voracity of pike, 158 . 180- 



183 . 194 



edible qualities of, and cook- 

 ing, 197-203 

 spawning, 203 

 Pike fishing, 64-204 



Spinning for pike, 64-131 

 early mention of, 65 

 'kinking' and its remedy, 



66. 89 



correct principles in con- 

 struction of spinning 

 flights, 67 



' flying ' triangles, 68 

 three patterns of flights, 



69-74 



to bait a spinning flight, 

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Pike fishing- Spinning (cont.} : 

 ' killing ' powers of hooks, 74 . 



124 



defective hooks, 75 

 triangles, 76 



' tail and reverse hooks,' 77 

 4 straight reverse,' 77 

 lip hooks and new patterns, 



77.83 

 Tinsel and varnish for flights, 



80 

 proportion of runs missed, 



Si . 122 

 Mr. Penncll's improved flights, 



Si . 67-74 

 to dispense with lip hooks, 



82 



diagram of, and trace, 83 . 85 

 materials for dressing flights, 



84 



the trace, 83 . 85 

 how to twist gut, 86 

 'Buffer' knot for traces, 87 

 swivels, 88 

 leads new pattern, 88-90. 



9i 93 

 lead wire, 91 

 ' kinking,' 66 . 89 

 testimony to success of Mr. 



Pennell's spinning tackle, 



91-93 



how and where to spin, 94-131 

 method of casting, 95 

 ' Nottingham style,' 97 . 19 

 'Thames style,' 99-100 

 long cast, 99 

 best places for spinning, 100 . 



ic6 .in 

 artificial baits, failure of, 101 . 



58-62 

 jack fishing on the Avon, 107- 



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