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the arm. Physical pain or exhaustion is abso- 

 lutely out of place when following a favorite 

 sport. When one needs to study every move 

 to avoid breaking a too delicate split bamboo 

 creation, he prolongs his sport to an unreasonable 

 degree, exhausts himself, and increases the possi- 

 bility of losing his fish. The other extreme, a 

 heavy rod, lacks spring entirely, unless a very 

 large fish should be hooked. This throws the 

 whole labor of tiring the fish upon the angler, 

 while any sudden jerk, unrelieved by the spring 

 of the rod, will result in its tearing loose. 



To properly play a ouananiche, the butt of the 

 rod should be held towards it, which will bend 

 it to a " C " shape. The rod being held in the 

 right hand, fully six feet of line should be drawn 

 between the reel and first guide ring with the 

 left. Playing a fish by this method of using 

 rod and line will, to a certain extent, prevent 

 it from making long runs, and at the same time 

 avoid excessive strain when it jumps. When a 

 jump is made, the position of the rod is quickly 

 reversed, being pointed directly at the fish, and 

 the line given or taken as the pull may warrant. 

 This method of fishing causes a steady strain, and 

 is the only one that will prevent too much at any 

 single moment. In reality, the hand takes the 



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