Also that many years ago, he had caught 

 fish by putting oil of rhodium on the bait, 

 and that "fish could smell it clear across 

 the pond/' Frank admitted that this 

 method of fishing was not sportsman- 

 like and that he had discontinued the 

 practice. George said he had many 

 times watched trout in a pool rub their 

 sides against moss covered stones and 

 often settle down upon the moss and 

 rest there. He opined that they mistook 

 the fur on the bear's paw for a particu- 

 larly desirable variety of moss, and so 

 were caught. 



At this point in my investigations, I 

 was reminded that a few years ago there 

 was conducted, in the columns of several 

 fishing and hunting magazines, a very 

 serious discussion of the question, "Can 

 fish be caught by tickling?" Many con- 

 tributors took part in this discussion. 

 There were advocates of both positive 

 and negative side of the question. My 



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