INDEX. 



411 



PIK 



Pike fishing Spinning (cont.} : 

 wet weeds as sun protectors, 



no 

 pike rivers not generally 



good salmon and trout 



rivers, 1 12 

 the Thames as a salmon 



river, 114 

 striking and playing, I2O- 



127 



landing, 127 

 ' water babies,' 127 

 best hours, weathers, and 



waters, 128 

 depth at which to spin, and 



' leading,' 130 

 pike haunts, 131 

 Live baiting, 132-173 



tackle and hooks, 132-136 



'Fishing Gazette' float, 136 



trace, 137 



baits, 138 



best places to use live bait, 



1 60 



huxing, 163 

 paternostering, 165 

 Mr. Jardine's paternoster, 



166 

 live gorge baiting and 



tackle, 171 

 Trolling with dead gorge 



bait, 174-204 

 origin and early mention of, 



174-178 



when legitimate, 178 

 to extract hooks, 179 

 tackle and hooks, 183-188 

 working the gorge bait, iSS- 



194 



an ' immovable ' pike, 191 

 Pike fly, 62 

 Pike tackle, 8-39 



Spinning and trolling rods, 8 



REE 



Pike tackle Rods (cant.} : 

 different woods, 9 

 a favourite pike rod, IO 

 of spliced cane, 1 1 

 too short better than too 



long, 12 



steel rings for, 13 

 ' pronged ' top and bottom 



rings, 13-14 

 ferrules, 15 



new joint fastenings, 16 

 reel fastenings, 22 

 varnish, 17 



india-rubber knobs, 17 

 Reels and reel lines, 17-26 

 ' line-hitching ' preventer, 



19-20 



Nottingham reels, 19 . 97 

 wedge fastening for, 22 

 reel lines, 23 . 26 



dressings for, 23-26 

 Swivels, 27 . 88 



double, and 'hook,' 27-28 

 disgorgers and 'trolling knife,' 



29 



gaffs and gaffing, 32-34 

 creels and fish carriers, 34 

 gimp, selection of, 35 

 to stain, 36 

 tackle varnish, 39 

 Pisciculture at Burghley House, 



390-405 



' Pith ' and bullock's brains, 234 

 Pliers, fishing, 222 

 Plummets, 219 

 Pomeranian bream, 305 

 Preserved pike-baits, 52-57 

 Prussian carp, 281 



REEL FASTENING, new, 22 

 Reel lines, 23 . 26 . 207-208 

 Reels for trolling, 17-22 

 Nottingham, 19 . 97 



