THE DRIFF1ELD ANGLER, 57 



To angle for Pike. 



Let your rod be strong, such as you troll 

 with for Salmon, with a reel or winch plac- 

 ed on the but-end of it, sufficient to hold 

 about forty or fifty yards of strong hair line, 

 at the end of which must be a swivel to fasten 

 on your armed wire, or gimp : there are 

 many ways of taking this fish, the first that I 

 shall describe is called dipping, and is per- 

 formed as follows : 



Let your hook be a large proper-sized 

 gorge-hook, very slightly leaded on the 

 shank, bait it by putting the wire or gimp in 

 at the mouth of a small fish, such as a Gud- 

 geon, Roach, Dace, small Trout, Salmon- 

 fry, &c. and bringing it as near the tail as 

 possible, for which purpose you should have 

 a needle seven or eight inches long ; put the 

 gimp loop on the small curve or eye of the 

 needle, thrust it into the mouth of the fish 

 and bring it out as above-mentioned ; draw 

 it out for the hook to be close in one corner 



