PERCH AND PIKE FISHING. 1 1/ 



although I got Jack to come out of the dark 

 recess and follow my bait, he made no effort 

 to seize it. The water was low and very clear, 

 and as I saw him I have no doubt he saw me, 

 and was suspicious. 



An old man used to come down at night, and 

 with a herring tail for bait he would pick up a few 

 Pike varying from 3 to 7 Ibs., but he never got 

 many. In the Library pool the gamekeeper shot 

 one while lying basking in the sun on the top 

 of the water ; and a friend of mine, fishing with 

 worm from the moored boat at the crossing when 

 the water was in flood, hooked and " boated " a 

 goodly five-pounder, which in his struggles to 

 escape broke the gut cast and leaped out of the 

 boat into the water, and was gone. 



Neither Pike nor Perch are much fished for 

 here. They are in such large numbers that they 

 must be very prejudicial to the trout and salmon 

 fishing, devouring much of the ova, and the Pike 

 a lot of immature trout. 



The Earn at this spot is very pretty. Looking 



