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sary before any man can throw a 

 "neat fly/' is known only to those 

 who have made this method of 

 angling their study and amusement. 

 Frank Forester. 



PECULIARITIES OF FISH. There 

 are two peculiarities of all sorts of fish 

 which are frequently unnoticed; that 

 they are largely attracted to their 

 food by scent, and that they feed at 

 night. Seth Green. 



NOT ALL OF FISHING TO FISH. 

 The fisherman whose catching of 

 many fish causes him to forget his sur- 

 roundings, blinds his eyes to the 

 beauties of nature, and deadens his 

 ears to the music of the wild, is no 

 angler. O. W. Smith. 



THE BUNGLER. Bragging of un- 

 gentle catches, untruths about the 

 size of a specimen, and non-ichthyo- 

 logical nonsense about the mystery of 

 a species unnatural history such as 

 cheap fiction writers indulge in by 

 bungling would-be fishermen, annoy 

 the practical man and puzzle the 

 earnest tyro. The record of honest 



