Singles for Pike

[Ian Sewter]

When I am using trebles in the bait I strike almost immediately I register a take. One club now specifies singles. As a pike grabs a bait across the baits flank and the single on a hair would be outside the mouth should I leave it longer to strike so the pike has turned the bait and the single would actually be inside the pike's mouth?

 

[Richard Isaacs]

Singles work fine. Use something big like a size 1.0 straight through the root of the tail and use a smaller bait.