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CHAPTER V 

 PIKE REELS AND THEIR CHARACTERISTICS 



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Ancient and modern reels Nottingham reels The centre pin The 

 Mallock reel Slater's combination reel The author's pike reel 

 The Coxon casting reel The Duplex reel Hardy's Silex reel 

 Cost of reels How to select a pike reel . . . 36 



CHAPTER VI 

 ON PIKE LINES, AND THE OUTFIT 



Nottingham spinning lines Waterproof dressed lines The "Stag" 

 brand lines How to dress a pike line The line dryer and its 

 uses The landing net for pike The flight box and haversack 

 Varnish and waterproofs . . . . -43 



CHAPTER VII 

 CASTING IN THE NOTTINGHAM STYLE 



Different methods of casting Casting with a coiled line The 

 Nottingham style The right-handed cast The cast from the 

 left hand How to cast from the reel Summing up the salient 

 points Weights and distances A cramped position, and the 

 straightforward cast .... . . 49 



CHAPTER VIII 

 SPINNING FLIGHTS AND THEIR USES 



Spinning ; what it is An ancient spinning tackle Trent flights 

 The author's spinning flight Dead bait spinners The Chapman 

 spinner and its contemporaries What water to spin over How 

 to spin over the streams How to play and land a pike on 

 spinning tackle Preserving dead baits . . .58 



CHAPTER IX 

 ARTIFICIAL BAITS 



Artificial baits and their uses Shape and colour Contradictions 

 pure and simple How to use an artificial Best water and time 

 to try them Wind and weather Ice in the rod rings Irish pike 

 and the huge spoon Pike flies, and calf's tail bait . . 69 



CHAPTER X 

 TROLLING WITH A DEAD GORGE 



What trolling is The tackle for it Baiting the dead gorge How 

 and where to use the dead gorge Personal experiences in dead 

 gorging Harry Norledge and the big Trent pike . . 76 



