410 



PIKE AND OTHER COARSE FISH. 



PER 

 Perch and perch fishing {cont. ) ; 

 perch fishing with paternoster, 



259 

 minnow and float, 262 

 spinning for; baits and tackle, 



262-265 

 float and worm, 265 

 Pike, notes on history of, 



1-7 

 European and American, 3 

 British, early notices of, 4 

 derivations of names, 4-S 

 tame pike, 140 

 taking frogs in stew-ponds, 



139 



killed by swallowing lizard, 



141 

 capacity of food consumption, 



143 

 growth rate, 144- 149 

 fish casting v. fish stuffing, 



149 

 very large pike, 150-155 

 pike with rings, 155 

 fish 'declensions,' 157 

 voracity of pike, 1 58 . 180- 



183 . 194 

 edible qualities of, aiid cook- 

 ing. 197-203 

 spawning, 203 

 Pike fishing, 64-204 



Spinning for pike, 64-13 1 

 early mention of, 65 

 ' kinking ' and its remedy, 



66. 89 

 correct principles in con- 

 struction of spinning 

 flights, 67 

 ' flying ' triangles, 68 

 three patterns of flights, 



69-74 

 to bait a spinning flight, 

 80 



PIK 

 Pike fishing— Spinning {cont. ) ! 

 ' killing ' powers of hooks, 74 . 



124 

 defective hooks, 75 

 triangles, 76 



' tail and reverse hooks,' 77 

 • straight reverse,' 77 

 lip hooks and new patterns, 



77.83 

 Tinsel and varnish for flights, 



80 

 proportion of runs missed, 



81 . 122 

 Mr. Pennell's improved flights, 



81 . 67-74 

 to dispense with lip hooks, 



82 

 diagram of, and trace, 83 . 85 

 materials for dressing flights, 



84 

 the trace, 83 . 85 

 how to twist gut, 86 

 'Buffer' knot for traces, 87 

 swivels, 88 

 leads — new pattern, 88-90. 



91. 93 

 lead wire, 91 

 ' kinking,' 66 . 89 

 testimony to success of Mr. 

 Pennell's spinning tackle, 

 91-93 

 how and where to spin, 94-131 

 method of casting, 95 

 ' Nottingham style,' 97 . 19 

 ' Thames style,' 99-100 

 long cast, 99 

 best places for spinning, 100 . 



ic6 . Ill 

 artificial baits, failure of, loi . 



58-62 

 jack fishing on the Avon, 107- 



III 

 ' midge antidote,' iio-iii 



