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do so, for tangled lines may lead 

 vexed fishers to believe it is a game of 

 cross purposes, but good sense, com- 

 bined with good humor, will help 

 loosen the snarls without loss pf tem- 

 per or any portion of the tackle. To 

 engage in a war of words will cast a 

 black cloud even on the brightest day, 

 and possibly prevent further unpleas- 

 ant casting during that angling ses- 

 sion. 



Where peace prevails, and rigid 

 rules exclude rough characters from 

 the fishing pier, what better family 

 diversion can be found when the 

 weather favors ? From every angle 

 and few, if any, outdoor pastimes 

 offer a greater number fresh water 

 angling, measured in the scale of 

 merit, gives the fair-minded fisher full 

 value for his expenditure of time and 

 money; and fishing from the piers 

 may be made one of the methods most 

 highly approved, most readily en- 

 gaged in, and most economical of all 

 to dwellers in pent-up cities and 

 towns on the banks of large lakes and 

 rivers throughout the United States. 



