CONTENTS xiii 



CHAPTER XI 

 A DAY WITH THE OUSE PIKE 



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The Great Ouse and its pike Spinning round the bends Paxton 

 Hill and Wray House Island How the big pike was hooked 

 and lost A rustic Phyllis The young cuckoo and the reed 

 warblers Down Houghton Wale and round Batcock's Island 

 A glorious wind-up . . . . . .81 



CHAPTER XII 

 WITH LIVE BAIT AND FLOAT 



Different methods of live baiting Pike floats and pilots Traces and 

 leads Snap tackles, ancient and modern Snap fishing down 

 a stream Snap fishing in a lake Deep or shallow fishing 

 Gorge tackle and its uses . . . . . .89 



CHAPTER XIII 



WITH PATERNOSTER AND LEGER 



Paternostering for pike The tackle and trace for it How to bait 

 and work a paternoster Leger tackle and the best hooks Live 

 bait kettles and store boxes . . . . 97 



CHAPTER XIV 

 A DAY ON THE OLD WEST RIVER 



The City of Ely and its surroundings Earith Bridge and the Old 

 Bedford River The Old West River Paternostering for pike 

 Hooking and playing the fish Things of interest that I saw . 103 



CHAPTER XV 

 A NOVEMBER DAY WITH THE TRENT PIKE 



The Trent as a pike river Staythorpe meadows and Averham Weir 

 How the pike was landed Snap fishing down the eddies 

 Spinning the streamy runs A splendid challenge . .109 



CHAPTER XVI 

 ABOUT THE PERCH 



The veteran and his first perch Habits and haunts of perch Perch 

 packing in the winter A cruel slaughter Description of the 

 perch Weight of perch "His eyes bigger than his belly" 

 Perch in the frying pan . . . . . . 115 



