Florida Fish and Fishing 



In winter is very fair for the red-legged Good Shooting 



partridge, migratory quail and snipe, It Is 



not to be compared with the shooting to be 



had In Florida, either for abundance or 



variety of game. In fact, Florida Is hardly 



excelled by any state In the Union In Its 



possibilities of fishing and shooting. And 



then these sports can be practiced at a time 



when the streams and lakes of the North 



are bound In Icy fetters, and the woods and 



fields burled beneath the hibernal mantle 



of snow. 



The angler can hardly go amiss In any Florida Fishing 

 section of Florida for his favorite sport. 

 Wherever there Is reasonably pure or un- 

 contamlnated water he will find some 

 species of the finny tribe. And the true 

 angler, he who loves the sport for Its own 

 sake, can be satisfied so long as his tackle 

 Is commensurate with his quarry. With his 

 stout tools and tackle he enjoys the phe- 

 nomenal leaps of the tarpon, or the levia- 

 than struggles of the jewfish. With his 

 delicate split-bamboo wand, silken line, gos- 

 samer leader and fairy flies, he enjoys 

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