90 SPORTSMAN'S HAND BOOK. 



Camping parties are really better with no whisky ex- 

 cept that which is strictly for medicine. To parties that 

 insist on having a supply for drinking purposes, take the 

 advice of an old campaigner, and do all the drinking in the 

 afternoon and evening. 



FISHING WITH HOOK AND LINE. 



The subject of fishing has been fully written up over 

 and over by many good writers fly fishing, especially. 

 Theory after theory has been advanced, all kinds of signs 

 taken into account, the wind, weather, etc. 



Often, luck comes in for a large share, or some great 

 secret is connected with the art. This brings to memory a 

 story in Campfire Flickering, published in the Forest and 

 Stream, of a man that was noted for his success as a fisher- 

 man. So much so that the opinion that there was some 

 great secret connected with it, or known to him, had become 

 general. A member of a fishing party one day, thinking .to 

 get some advantage over others of the party, thought he 

 would possess himself of the secret by a slick species of bribery. 

 He called the noted lucky fisherman to one side, slipped a 

 five dollar bill in his hand, and slyly asked him the secret 

 of his success. The old man pulled his head down and 

 solemnly whispered in his ear, "When you get a bite, jerk." 

 The art of fishing can not be learned from books no more 

 than watch making. 



To be a successful fisherman requires patient persever- 

 ance, industry and devotion. Fish are frightened more by 

 moving objects than anything else. The habits of fish and 

 the likely places to find them can only be learned by observa- 

 tion and study. Find the likely places, move about cau- 

 tiously, keep out of sight as much as possible, then, "when 

 you get a bite, jerk." 



