THE PIKE. (if) 



gimp, with a loop at the contrary end to attach the swivel 

 to ; you must also be provided with a baiting-needle about 

 six inches long, with an eye at one end to admit the loop 

 which is made at the end of the gimp. You likewise must 

 have a piece of gimp about five or six inches long, with 

 a loop at one end to fix to your line, and a box-swivel at 

 the other, with the spring end to receive the loop of the 

 gimp which is attached to the hooks or arming wire. When 

 you are thus provided, take vour dead fish, which may be 

 any one of those before enumerated, put the point of the 

 needle in at the mouth and out near to the tail, then draw 

 it and the gimp through till the leaded shank of the hook 

 is buried inside the lish, with only the bend of the hooks 

 outside, and the points towards the eyes, and with a needle 

 and thread sew its mouth up, and with another piece of 

 thread tie the arming- wire to the tail, fix the loop to the 

 swivel, and it is ready for use. This may be used in the 

 same manner as the other trouling, throwing it in those 

 places which the pike is most likely to haunt, viz., amongst 

 weeds, under roots or hollow banks. When a pike takes 

 your bait, slacken the line, and let it have time to pouch it, 

 of which you will Lave notice by its sailing away with it, then 

 strike, and if he is nicely managed the fish is your own ; 

 but when you are middle-fishing you must strike when you 

 see it sailing off with the float. Let your dead baits be 

 as fresh as possible ; they are best when packed in 

 bran. 



You may also use the gorge for the hand line, but the 

 shank of the hook need not be leaded. They are nothing 

 more than common night-lines ; and you may throw 



