Y advice to young anglers may be given freely and 

 with joy. I have found that old anglers do not 

 usually take my advice except with some such 

 vicious remark as "Wha-at! Have you just got 

 onto that?" or "My dear boy, I got over that tom- 

 fool notion twenty years ago;" or else they listen 

 to what I have to say, look at me with almost 

 human intelligence, then burst out in loud, hoarse 

 laughter, and leave the room. 



"Angling" signifies the art of decoying a living 

 fish in his element by means of a natural or artificial 

 bait. Decoying bullfrogs with red flannel, or catch- 

 leeches by persuading a small, innocent boy to swim through the infested 

 pond, are both rare old sports, but are not mentioned by any of the authorities. 

 There are two requisites for the art of angling, one being to buy your tackle 

 and the other to find the fish. The combination of tackle and fish is what makes 

 up three-fourths of the fun. 



Tackle is of various kinds, solid and fluid. Fluid tackle costs $4 a gallon, 

 but no dealer will warrant it to last. 



The young angler must first provide himself with a rod or a fish-pole. A 

 fish-pole costs from $3.42 down, and a rod from $4 up. 



The Rod 



Rods are not sold by weight. I have seen a fine white pine rod, 12 feet long, 

 two inches thick and as full of life as a billiard cue, sell for $3.65, while a rod 

 only 10^ feet long, and not weighing over four ounces, costs $30. 



A good rod will last an angler many years. I knew a man once who had a 

 fish-pole for which he only paid $1.25, but which lasted his lifetime. He went 

 fishing the day he got it and became drowned. I have a $2 pole which wa 





