270 Fisumyve iv Amertcan WaAtTERs. 
SKITTERING* FOR PICKEREL AMONG THE LILY-PADs. 
“* Now changed the tackle and the bait ; 
For larger prey we're all elate ; 
*Mong lily-pads none vainly tries ; 
The line runs off—a noble prize! 
Give time to poach—now strike! 
“¢ Now seeks his haunt the wounded prey, 
And then begins the angler’s play ; 
He lengthens out, now slackens line, 
Till struggles past—a welcome sign— 
He lands a glorious pike! 
Chorus.—The jolly angler’s is the life, 
Devoid of care, devoid of strife.” 
Angling for pickerel among the lily-pads and pickerel-weed 
is very exciting sport. The angler should use a rod from 13 
to 15 feet long, flexible, but strong. For skittering a float 
is not used, nor is natural bait the best. Use Buel’s or 
M‘Harg’s spoons, mounted with red ibis feather, and white 
* Skittering is a word which belongs to an angler’s vocabulary, but not 
found in a dictionary. It means drawing or jerking a bait along the top of 
the water. 
