Untitled - RB-Flys

28 PIKE AND OTHER COARSE FISH.
10 produce such a fastening as will fulfil them. It will be seen,
I think, that this is done by the swivel shown in the engraving.
Why it should be so a glance at the mechanical arrangement of
the swivel will probably suffice to indicate. The thing is so
that the wonder is that swivel makers or
simple
tackle vendors have not long ago hit upon the
method, instead of year after year continuing to
manufacture patterns of hook-swivels which
have only to be glanced at to be condemned.
It is claimed for the swivel represented in the
cut that, besides escaping the charge of unsight-
liness, the line can be attached and disengaged
not IU.K SWIVEL in a moment, and that, owing to the '
hook end '
WITH IMPROVED ... , ,- ,, ,, , - . .
,
it is im-
HOOK. projecting towards the centre of the loop,
possible that it should work off accidentally
when in use. A moment's thought and the most cursory
examination will, I believe, show this, but if not, a swivel is
not a very expensive item, and probably those of my readers
who are enthusiastic in pike-fishing will not grudge the slight
trouble involved in giving it a trial in practice.
The attaching of this hook-swivel to the end of the reel
line will save time, and add to the neatness of the trace-junc-
tion. Mr. Charles Farlow, of 191 Strand, London, is the pro-
prietor of this swivel, and is prepared- to supply it made exactly
according to the pattern shown in the illustration.
All swivels work best and last longest when of small or
medium, rather than of large si/e, and they should be well
oiled before and after use, and kept in oiled paper. The
observance of this very simple precaution will double the
efficiency of the swivel. Blue swivels show less in the water
than bright ones, and are less liable to rust.
I think I may venture to say that no one who has ever
attempted to extract a flight of hooks from a pike's jaw with
his fingers will desire to repeat that experiment ; nor does he
need to be reminded that the teeth of the pike are exceedingly