100 Fisher aft 



estimation of the average fisher-boy 

 who finds his angling activities con- 

 fined to small brooks or waters devoid 

 of brook trout. Given his choice be- 

 tween taking a shining silver dollar 

 or catching a large shiner, the en- 

 thusiastic youthful angler would be 

 very likely to take the latter. This 

 is based upon the invariable answer 

 to that ancient, yet ever ready ju- 

 venile question: "Which would you 

 rather do or go a-fishing?"- - ambigu- 

 ous, but exciting to the boyish mind 

 and heart. There is but one answer ; 

 except possibly when the circus comes 

 to town. The shiner is otherwise 

 known as the Red Fin, Red Dace, 

 Minnow, Minnie, etc., but under any 

 name he is a popular and usually 

 "far-flung" prize in the country boy's 

 annals of angling. In length the 

 shiner seldom, if ever, exceeds ten 

 inches, but that does not measure the 

 joy of catching a fact forever im- 

 pressed on the memory of him who 

 recalls "the first little minnow he 

 caught with a pin." 



