WHO CAUGHT THOSE FISH? 



As an angler I'll admit you can't be beat, 



You have panned old Izaak Walton from his seat; 



I'll not deny it. 



There is naught you haven't done with fish it seems, 

 You have bunkoed mighty things in lake and streams ; 



I'll not decry it. 

 You have told me tales of monsters that you've 



caught, 

 Of the bass and pike and musky that youVe fought; 



And how you fought them! 



But I'll wager, when the pearly gates youVe tried, 

 You will tremble if St. Peter asks the guide: 



" Who really caught them? " 



Albert Jay Cook. 



TIPS FROM THE GUIDES 



Well, Old Man, you're ready to pack the duffle bag 

 and hit the steel for the Great North Woods and 

 you want a little straight-from-the-shoulder stuff on 

 the question of guides. Taken as a whole, the men 

 of the North Woods are a fine bunch of good fel- 

 lows and they sure put up with a lot of hardships in 



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