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CHAPTER VI. 



FLT-FISEJNQ TACKLE. 



Anglers as a rule are very conservative in their ideas 

 respecting rods and tackle, for the simple reason tliat 

 they get accustomed to various makes and shapes, and 

 after a certain amount of practice find they can get as 

 much, and perhaps in caches own opinion more, out of 

 their selections than any other angler gets out of his. 

 Use is everything ; and it is only when a man has 

 ascertained how he can obtain the greatest effect with 

 the least effort in casting, that he can say he is at home 

 with his rod and tackle. Yet because he has arrived 

 at perfection more or less with a certain make of rod, 

 it is no proof that he could not do better with another ; 

 and as there are other points to be taken into conside- 

 ration, the subject is worth a little thought. 



When on the banks of a river two fishermen are 

 seen— one fitted out with all the latest inventions sold 

 by the tackle-maker in point of rod, reel, line, &c., and 

 the other, may be, a working-man, to whom the pro- 

 prietor has given an odd day, relying on tackle of local 



