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" The pike will, as soon as he has seized a bait, 

 run to his hold to pouch or swallow it : allow 

 him therefore five minutes to do so (unless the 

 line slackens before that time, which is a signal 

 that he has already done it), and then strike. 

 But if after he has run off with the bait, he makes 

 scarcely any stay with it at his hold, but goes off 

 with it again, you should not strike him until he 

 has rested a second time, allowing him still about 

 five minutes ; but if he should run off again a 

 third time before the five minutes are expired, 

 draw a tight line, and strike him instantly." In 

 fishing with snap-hooks or spinning tackle you 

 must strike immediately the fish has taken your 

 bait. Of these tackle I shall write more fully by 

 and by. 



There are many ways of baiting for sinking and 

 roving, and several sorts of tackle sold for the 

 purpose, but the following is the best. The ac- 

 companying cut, from Elaine's " Encyclopedia of 

 Rural Sports," explains at a glance the tackle I re- 

 commend, and how, as far as baiting is concerned, 

 it is to be used. 



