INDEX. 



411 



PIK 

 Pike fishing — Spinning [co7tl.) : 

 wet weeds as sun protectors, 



no 

 pike rivers not generally 



good salmon and trout 



rivers, 112 

 the Thames as a salmon 



river, 114 

 striking and playing, 120- 



127 

 landing, 127 

 ' water babies,' 127 

 best hours, weathers, and 



waters, 128 

 depth at which to spin, and 



' leading,' 130 

 pike haunts, 131 

 Live baiting, 1 32-173 

 tackle and hooks, 132-136 

 ' Fishing Gazette ' float, 136 

 trace, 137 

 baits, 138 

 best places to use live bait, 



160 

 huxing, 163 

 paternostering, 165 

 Mr. Jardine's paternoster, 



166 

 live gorge baiting and 



tackle, 171 

 Trolling with dead gorge 



bait, 174-204 

 origin and early mention of, 



174-178 

 when legitimate, 178 

 to extract hooks, 179 

 tackle and hooks, 183-188 

 working the gorge bait, 1 88- 



194 

 an ' immovable ' pike, 191 

 Pike fly, 62 

 Pike tackle, 8-39 



Spinning and trolling rods, 8 



REE 

 Pike tackle — Rods (^cont.) ; 

 different woods, 9 

 a favourite pike rod, 10 

 of spliced cane, 11 

 too short better than too 



long, 12 

 steel rings for, 13 

 ' pronged ' top and bottom 



rings, 13-14 

 ferrules, 15 



new joint fastenings, 16 

 reel fastenings, 22 

 varnish, 17 



india-rubber knobs, 17 

 Reels and reel lines, 17-26 

 ' line-hitching ' preventer, 



19-20 

 Nottingham reels, 19 . 97 

 wedge fastening for, 22 

 reel lines, 23 . 26 

 dressings for, 23-26 

 Swivels, 27 . 88 



double, and ' hook,' 27-2S 

 disgcrgers and 'trolling knife,'' 



29 

 gaffs and gafiing, 32-34 

 creels and fish carriers, 34 

 gimp, selection of, 35 

 to stain, 36 

 tackle varnish, 39 

 Pisciculture at Burghley House, 



390-40S 

 ' Pith ' and bullock's brains, 234 

 Pliers, fishing, 222 

 Plummets, 219 

 Pomeranian bream, 305 

 Preserved pike-baits, 52-57 

 Prussian carp, 28 1 



Reel fastening, new, 22 

 Reel lines, 23 . 26 . 207-208 

 Reels for trolling, 17-22 

 Nottingham, 19 . 97 



