BESTS ART OF ANGLING. 



if you do he will launch and plunge in such a 

 manner, that though he may not be able to break 

 your tackel, yet he will tear away his hold; nay, 

 even his entrails if he is hooked there; but if you 

 feel him come easily towards you, wind up your 

 line, until you see him ; then if he struggles again 

 very much, give him line again; and so proceed 

 till you have killed him ; by following which 

 methods you will soon accomplish. The pike 

 bites best from the middle of summer, to the end 

 of autumn, about three in the afternoon, in clear 

 water, ruffled with a gentle gale ; but in winter 

 all day long ; and in the spring he bites early in 

 the morning, and late in the evening. The best 

 baces for him are small roaches, daces, I leaks, Sec. 

 if the day be dark or cloudy ; but a gudgeon is 

 the best, if the water is clear, and the day bright 

 .and fine. Your live baits should be kept in a tin 

 kettle, with holes made in the lid, that you may 

 change your water often, which will keep them 

 alive a long while; your dead ones in a tin box 

 made for that purpose, with bran, which dries 

 up the moisture that hangs about them, and 

 contributes to preserve them longer. Angling 

 for the pike at the snap is to let him run a little 

 a,nd then to strike him the contrary way from 

 wheiice he runs, with two strong jerks; in this 

 method you must use a double springhook which 

 is to be had at any of the shops, and your tackle 

 must be very strong* Tne snap is best used in 

 March, when they are spawning; at which 

 time they are sick, and lose their stomach; 

 though they will then take your bait, but imme- 

 diately throw it out of their mouths; therefore 

 striking them when they first take the bait .is the 

 only way to be even with them; which is called 

 angling at map. The way to bait the snap hook is 



