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Note. — If you make a pike fly, use large 

 double hooks and gymp, with broad tinsel, and 

 make the body full with pig hair, large saddle- 

 cock hackles for legs, wing them with peacock 

 moon feathers, and add two large blue beads 

 over spangles for eyes, and green or red pig 

 hair towards the head. Fasten on the beads 

 with fine copper wire, rolling it over the head 

 two or three times, and also three times through 

 the eyes, and tie down the wire tightly with the 

 silk ; roll the pig hair round the silk and then 

 over the head and between the beads, fasten it 

 with three knots, and lay on the varnish. 



These large artificial flies kill pike or jack 

 best on windy days with rain; they will not 

 rise at the fly on fine days, except there is a 

 strong ripple on the water. You humour the 

 fly on the surface as you would move a salmon 

 one, using a strong rod, reel, and line. If he 

 is a large fish, he will rush off with the fly 

 when hooked ; but, if a small one, lift him out 

 when he makes a double quick shake on the 

 top of the water. I would advise the fisher 

 to strike a jack quickly, for he often throws 

 the fly out of his moutli when he finds tiie 

 deception. 



