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FOREST AND STREAM 
September, 1918 
Oriental Wiggler $1.00. All red, all 
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Remarkably Fine Natural Hatched Brook Trout 
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STILL-FISHING FOR 
WALL-EYED PIKE 
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pike it is a different matter, then a wire 
or gimp leader is necessary, for the fish 
has not much opportunity to see the leader, 
it is moving through the water all the time, 
consequently it can be thick and strong, 
but when you are anchored and the leader 
is perfectly still, stretched down in the 
water, the more invisible it is the better. 
Having tried all three—wire, gimp and gut, 
I prefer the gut, because I have caught 
more fish when using it. 
Neither have I found that pike bite the 
gut through; when anything like this hap¬ 
pens, it is due as much to the fisherman 
as to the fish. Of course, if one attempts 
to pull the fish in by main force, many 
things may happen. It is well to remember 
that a five-pound fish cannot be yanked 
into a boat as though it were a minnow. 
When the gut is cut it is generally because 
it has been see-sawed across the jaw of 
the fish in pulling him in, not that the fish 
has bitten it through. When a fish is 
hooked, he keeps his mouth open all the 
time trying to get rid of the bait; the sev¬ 
ered snell is due to the way in which the 
fish is handled. In trolling, a gut leader 
or any other kind of leader can be bitten 
off as clean as though it were cut with a 
razor, but under these circumstances the 
pike strikes savagely at the bait; he has 
to catch it because it is moving away all 
the time. In “still” fishing the bait is at 
rest, and the pike can take it leisurely, as 
a matter of fact that is how he does take 
it. You will see the float bobbing up and 
down violently several times before it 
finalty disappears. 
P IKE are very shy fish, and the farther 
the boat can be kept away from the 
bait the better. Anything that ren¬ 
ders the connection between the bait and 
the line indistinct is an advantage. In 
trying this method of fishing, one finds it 
worth while to have the line greased; this 
will make the line stay on the top of the 
water, between the float and the rod, other¬ 
wise it will sink to the bottom and may 
get fouled amongst the stones. The best 
line grease I know is a tube of lanoline, 
which may be bought at any drug store. 
The “best English deer fat” is mostly good 
American mutton fat, and this is what 
lanoline is chiefly made of. I have used 
this for many years, and find it keeps the 
line soft without injuring the enamel. 
In describing this method of pike fish¬ 
ing, I have written almost entirely from 
the standpoint of fishing in a lake, but it 
can be followed with even greater advan¬ 
tage in a river. First get the approximate 
depth of the hole in which you intend to 
fish, then tie the string on the line ac¬ 
cordingly; anchor your boat near the head 
of the hole, then putting the float and bait 
into the water, let both go down slowly 
with the current. Of course, you must 
pay out line all the time, so that there'will 
be no drag on the float; this is as fatal as 
“drag” in dry fly fishing. The advantage 
of this method will be apparent to all who 
have spent much time pike fishing in a 
stream. The first thing the pike sees is 
ycur bait, not the boat as in trolling. It is 
