TROLLING 



ALTHOUGH the writer decidedly pre- 

 fers fly fishing to any other mode of 

 angling, he is not adverse to trolling, 

 *. with a single hook, when his efforts 

 to induce the fish to rise to his fly have proven 

 unsuccessful. I know there are anglers who deem it 

 sacrilege to take a trout or salmon otherwise than 

 with fly, and claim they can do this any month of 

 the open season. If what I am about to say should, 

 perchance, come to the notice of one such honored 

 member of the brotherhood of anglers, let him 

 know that it is not for him, neither is it for the 

 angler expert in trolling, but to the uninitiated I 

 would offer a few humble suggestions, with the sin- 

 cere hope that they may serve, in some small 

 measure at least, to add to the enjoyment of his 

 angling hours. 



With a proper outfit, trolling is by no means to 

 be despised, as it requires, after the fish is hooked, 

 all the nicety of judgment and careful manipulation 

 necessary in fly fishing. Do not be led astray by 

 the erroneous idea that any kind of a " pole " is good 

 enough for trolling; the bent pin, cotton string, 

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