The Mission of 



ence of those called by our name, in 

 whose low conception of the subject, 

 fishing is but a greedy game, where 

 selfishness and meanness are the win- 

 ning cards, and where the stakes 

 are the indiscriminate and ruthless 

 slaughter of fish; and let it be here 

 said, once for all, that with these we 

 have nothing to do except to condemn 

 them as we pass. Our concern is with 

 true fishermen — a very different type 

 of mankind — and with those who 

 prima facie have some claim to the 

 title. 



How to Know a True Fisherman 



No burdensome qualifications or 

 tedious probation obstruct the en- 

 trance to this fraternity; but skill and 

 fishing ability count for nothing in 

 loo 



