6S THE DKIFFXELD ANGLER. 



place a forked stick conveniently near the 

 water, and let the line pass through the fork, 

 suspending the bait about a yard or more 

 in the water, and fix the line slightly in a 

 notch made at one end of the fork, that 

 when a Pike takes the bait it may easily slip 

 out, so that he may run off with the line 

 into his hole. A better way still is to have 

 a large winch, or reel, to hold your line, 

 made fast to an iron spindle to fix into the 

 ground. 



The next method, and the last I shall 

 mention, is called the decoy-bait ; which, al- 

 though it will occasion much diversion to the 

 spectators, is at the same time very cruel 

 and terrifying to the poor birds concerned 

 in it. 



Make fast a line, with a baited hook and 

 armed wire, to one of the legs of a goose, 

 or large duck, of such a length as to swim 

 about mid-water ; throw it into the river or 

 lake where Pikes frequent, keeping it off 



