114 Fishcraft 



For real ease and restfulness still 

 fishing of course takes first rank, as it 

 requires no exertion beyond that of 

 landing a fish when hooked, and this 

 cannot be called strenuous, except 

 with the big ones. Comfortably 

 seated on a convenient log or rock, or 

 on the grass-grown bank, in the shade 

 of a fine old forest tree, the still-fisher 

 is certainly a picture of comfort and 

 content. He may even drift into 

 dreamland, but caution against drop- 

 ping into the water, from an over- 

 hanging bank, should impel the fisher 

 to adopt the motto of safety first. 

 There is none of the toil of fly-casting, 

 and if any flies seem inclined to 

 bother the still fisher, he can remedy, 

 if not remove this trouble, by use of 

 mosquito netting around his hat- 

 brim, and fastened around his neck 

 by light rubber cord. 



Ordinarily the sport of still-fishing 

 is enjoyed most by very youthful and 

 by very old anglers ; the first on ac- 

 count of lack of skill to successfully 

 try more scientific methods, the latter 

 by reason of failing vigor and the uri- 



