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TRIBULATIONS OF THE LIVE-BAIT ANGLER 



No sane angler doubts the true fact that natural 

 live bait, properly hooked and played, is the most 

 perfect means to seduce game-fishes, and I frankly 

 concede the point that if natural bait were now 

 so abundant as to deem it wise to continue its 

 use, the making and using of artificial imitations 

 would be foolish. But we have arrived at the time 

 — nay, past it — when all species of natural bait are 

 very hard to capture and expensive to buy because 

 of their scarcity; and most diflScult to keep alive 

 or in condition for use when you need them. Have 

 I not in days gone by seen the tribulations of a 



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