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PIKE. 



working it up and down as before. When you have a run, 

 the line will be pulled or tugged rather sharply, lower the 

 point of the rod and proceed as described when live-baiting. 



j NAP-FISHING is practised at such seasons as when 

 Pike do not feed with sufficient eagerness to pouch the 

 bait quickly. The rod should be stiff to enable you to 

 strike sharply, the winch is already described, but the 

 line should be stouter than that used for spinning, forty or 

 fifty yards long, as you strike directly and do not give much 

 Play- 

 Sketches of the three best snap-hooks are given, though 

 there are many more fancy patterns. 



The first is the Live-Bait-Snap, par excellence: 



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It is used thus : the small hook is inserted under the back 

 fin, the point coming out at the other side ; the large hooks 

 lay on the back, and the lip-hook run through both lips. 

 It is used (as are the following two) with the ordinary live-bait 

 trace and float. When the Pike seizes it, let him run a yard 

 or two to make sure, and then strike sharply. 



