22 SPINNING-TACKLE : 



sally forth with the trolling gear bequeathed 

 to us by our great-grandfathers of lamented 

 memory, we should expect to see the whole 

 finny tribe rise up in scorn and wrath to 

 repel the insult offered to their understanding. 



"FisH FINE" must be the shibboleth of 

 the gentle craft in the nineteenth century ; 

 and the man who can't or won't ( fish fine/ 

 may as well make up his mind at once to 

 resign the honours of the creel to those who 

 are not too old or too obstinate to discard 

 such antiquated atrocities as gimp traces, 

 brass swivels, Brobdignag leads, &c., c., &c. 



The Pike is commonly considered to be a 

 species of fresh- water shark, for whose rapa- 

 cious appetite the coarsest bill of fare, and 

 the most primitive cookery only is required. 

 To a certain extent this view is founded on 

 fact. There are few morsels so indigestible 

 but what, if they come in his way, a really 

 hungry Jack will at least make an effort to 

 bolt. I have known one to be taken with 



