PIKE. 



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To make the bait sink, or sufficiently heavy to 

 be thrown to a distance, the shank of the hook 

 and part of the brass wire is neatly covered 

 with lead, of a long octagon or barrel shape. 



For the better guidance of the inexperienced 

 angler we subjoin these representations : 



No. 1. Gorge hook baited. 2. Gorge hook. 3. Baiting Needle. 



To bait the gorge hook, take a baiting needle 

 and hook the curved end to the loop of gimp, 

 to which the wire is fastened ; then enter the 

 point of the needle into the mouth of the bait, 

 and bring it out at the middle of the fork of its 

 tail, the lead will then lie concealed in the bait's 

 belly, and the barbs and points outside turning 

 upwards. To keep the bait firm on the hooks 

 it is necessary to tie the tail-part fast to the 

 gimp with white thread ; but if a needle and 

 thread is passed through the flesh on each side 

 of the bait near the tail, it is a much neater 

 way than tying round the outside. 



It would be well for the angler to provide 

 himself with double hooks of several sizes, so 



