30 THE ANGLER. 



running line by a loop at the other end of the 

 trace." 



Trout is considered one of the finest river 

 fish that this country can produce. They 

 abound in the generality of our streams, 

 rivers, and lakes. 



The pike, or jack, a distinction without a 

 difference, except that ox weight for the jack 

 becomes a pike when he turns the scale at three 

 pounds the pike, or jack, is decidedly the 

 most voracious of all river fish. 



" The pike, fell tyrant of the liquid plain, 

 With ravenous waste devours his fellow-twain." 



There are three modes of catching pike : by 

 the ledger, the trolling, or walking bait, and the 

 trimmer. The ledger is a bait fixed to a stick 

 driven into the ground in one particular spot, 

 or the angler's rod may be so secured ; a live 

 bait is attached to the hook, such as dace, 

 gudgeon, or roach, and sometimes a frog is 

 made use of. Sufficient line must be allowed 

 to give the pike the opportunity of carrying 

 the bait to his haunts. If a frog is made use of 

 for bait, the arming vri?e of the hook should be 

 put in at the mouth, and out at the side, and 

 the hinder leg of one side should be fastened 

 to it with strong silk. 



Pikes are also caught by trolling. 



The third mode by which pike are occa- 

 sionally caught is the trimmer, a small wooden 

 cylinder, round which, about the middle, in a 

 small diameter, are w<^und about thirty yards 



