8 SAND LAKE AND SLOUGH LAKE. 



The man who uses a combination of this description 

 is invariably an enthusiastic and devoted fisherman, 

 for there is no method of angling which can so quickly 

 impart the many secrets of fish and fish lore as does the 

 practice of bait-casting. It commands constant and 

 closest attention to the matter at issue, compelling an 

 undivided observation, which quickly gives that in- 

 tuitive perception of "desirable environments" and 

 "favorable signs," the knowledge of which is absolutely 

 essential to successful angling. 



The second class of lucky fishermen are those old- 

 time habitues of the lakes, whose outfits and methods 

 of using them are of the most crude and simple de- 

 scription, men to whom the modern methods of an- 

 gling and the innumerable adjuncts to the craft are 

 as a sealed book. Such individuals survey the costly 

 rods and expensive outfits of the up-to-date bait-caster 

 with an air of kindly irony and good-natured forbear- 

 ance, secretly wondering how the deuce a fellow can 

 be so foolish as to invest fifty or sixty dollars in fishing 

 tackle, when according to their old-fashioned firm 

 conviction a twenty-cent bamboo pole, cotton line, and 

 hook baited with a minnow or frog's leg will enable 

 them to unceremoniously "yank out" fish "ad libitum." 

 Dear, genial old disciples of Izaak; fit representatives 

 of ye ancient angler. 



These, equipped with a long, stiff bamboo pole, short, 

 thick line, and spoon or baited hook, will engage the 

 services of some old experienced boatman, who will 

 stealthily row the boat from which they fish just out- 

 side some rush or sedge beds, enabling their patrons to 

 display their baits to the fishes lurking within the 

 cover without being seen. Such anglers frequently 

 have remarkable success, owing to the fact that the 

 boatman who rows them is usually some experienced 

 old-timer who, appreciating the timorous disposition 

 of the fishes and knowing every likely fishing spot, 

 is able with a quiet, light movement of the sculls to 

 keep the boat sufficiently far away to insure conceal- 



