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teen pounds, he will have a very good opinion of the Macki- 

 naw Trout. This fish has not been so much in fault as the 

 angler and his tackle. 



There is no better evidence that an angler is cosmopolitan 

 in his fishing than to find such a confirmed Trout and Black 

 Bass angler as Mr. Tomlin writing about the Pickerel; that 

 this is not a fish after his own heart it is unnecessary to say, 

 but he believes that justice should be meted out to all fish. 



The Tarpon was comparatively unknown as an angler's fish 

 half a dozen years ago; but Mr. Haldeman, from his familiar- 

 ity with his subject, must have cultivated the Tarpon assid- 

 uously since it "came out." 



As Mr. Mosher has had to do with bringing into the world 

 and distributing Pike Perch, as well as many other fishes, he 

 is an oracle upon them, and speaks by the book. 



Mr. Harris has studied carefully the senses of fishes, and 

 it is not surprising that he should be able to tell so well 

 what they are and how they are exercised in detecting the 

 wiles and lures of the angler. 



There is a salty flavor about Mr. Endicott's chapter on 

 Striped Bass, and it is generally supposed that it is the salt 

 spray of the sea that has flecked his hair with white. When 

 Mr. Shields was casting about for the man to write the best 

 chapter that could be written about the "Salmon of the Surf," 

 Mr. Endicott's name appeared to him something after the 

 manner of the handwriting on the wall. I hope the ladies 

 will read that portion of Mr. Endicott's chapter which tells 

 of Miss Winans catching four Striped Bass weighing 177 

 pounds, and then try to emulate the score. 



I presume every one that fishes with fine tackle has at 

 least heard of the Kentucky reel, even if he does not possess 

 one. Mr. Milam, who first made this reel, and who still 

 makes them, for the first time gives, in this volume, the his- 

 tory of the reel, as well as an essay on reels in general. 

 This chapter will be read with the keenest interest, and it is 



