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CHAPTER XVIII. 



A FINE SAO Oy TEE TEST. 



A REALLY big day's sport now and again is a pleasant 

 variety to most anglers, but we must confess to being 

 not one of those who measure the pleasure of angling 

 in exact proportion to the quantity or weight of fish 

 killed, and for this reason have not much sympathy for 

 angling competitions and such like. 



In these days of competitions in sports and pastimes 

 we may be considered a bit old-fashioned in our ideas, 

 but we shall have to remain so, as in our opinion the 

 great charm of angling ceases to exist when the sport 

 has to be conducted at break-neck speed, allowing little 

 or no time for observation and reflection. 



We admit that in a given space of time a good fisher- 

 man will probably gain more result than a bad one ; 

 that being so, the time-test may serve its purpose ; but 

 we take leave to doubt if the art of angling derives 

 any benefit therefrom, or if anglers improve themselves 

 by its use ; but each to his taste. 



Our experience teaches that a really big day is more 

 the result of climatic influences than particularly good 



