84 ANECDOTES OF FISHES 



It is generally imagined that pike will not take 

 the fly, but here are instances to the contrary. 

 One would consider him in a sportive mood at 

 the time, as their usual baits are all of such a 

 very different description. Editor. 



Pike taken by fly-fishing. The following sin- 

 gular occurrence in piscatorial annals took place 

 at Llandrindod Wells, in Radnorshire. A gentle- 

 man was fly-fishing in the Ithon for salmon, with 

 a large brown-winged fly, with a gold twist body, 

 made on a No. 1 hook, when a pike, weighing nearly 

 eight pounds, rose, was hooked, and killed. 



A few years ago, a person trolling for pike in the 

 Lugg, near Button, caught a salmon about nine 

 pounds weight, which dashed at the bait with all 

 the ferocity of a pike. 



John Bull, Nov. 18, 1827. 



A friend of mine has caught a pike with an arti- 

 ficial fly, at Boxmore, Herts. Editor. 



Angling for Pike with the Fly. A kind of 

 fishing not much in use, but on some waters 

 most deadly ; it is practised in the lochs of 

 Scotland. The pike fly should be large and 

 gaudy, fabricated of divers feathers and tinsels, 

 to resemble the king-fisher, or large dragon-fly. 



