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mouth and sew it up. When you fish thus 

 for the Pike, be sure you strike him the con- 

 trary way from that which he runs : the snap 

 is best used in March or April, the Pike 

 being very shy, and though they will seize.the 

 bait with, seeming eagerness, yet they will 

 often let it go. again immediately ; to be even 

 with them, therefore, I generally, strike as 

 soon as they take the bait; when the Pike 

 comes you may see the water move, and the 

 moment you feel him, atrike the contrary way 

 from that he takes it; you must play your 

 fish-bait with a quicker motion at the snap 

 than in other ways. Another,. and most de- 

 structive means, is the following : 



Let your hook be single, with rather a 

 long shank, and before you fix your swivel 

 at the bottom of your reel-line, put a cork- 

 float that will swim a Gudgeon ; then put on 

 the swivel and fix the gimp, on which your 

 hook must be well and neatly whipped ; add 

 a large shot or two to make the float stand 

 up a little, that when the Gudgeon is on, it 

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