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It is well to repeat here that number four or 

 five hooks are unquestionably the proper sizes 

 to use. Those tied with a double snell or helper 

 are especially to be selected. 



A parting word of advice is to suggest the 

 selection of a large, deep, long-handled landing 

 net. This is absolutely required as a measure 

 of safety. Its open diameter should be at least 

 fifteen or eighteen inches, depth thirty inches, 

 and a five or six foot handle is necessary. A 

 net of this size is required, as the ouananiche 

 fights to such an extent that even when netted 

 it is liable to leap from a shallow one and be 

 lost. 



To attempt to teach one who has never tried, 

 just how to angle for, play, and bring to net 

 a lusty ouananiche, or in fact a salmon, trout, 

 or bass, would be as difficult as the effort to 

 teach fencing or even photography by written 

 words. To be sure the where and when to 

 fish, the kind of tackle, method of use, and 

 method of playing a fish when found, can be 

 made clear in a great measure. The benefit 

 to be derived ends when one has digested that 

 amount of advice. The intending fisher at Lake 

 St. John may learn from this article all that 

 seems possible to make known in advance. With 



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