LITTLE POINTS THAT COUNT 



There are lots of little points to the fishing game 

 that a fellow overlooks in his effort to acquire a 

 working knowledge of the main show under the big 

 top, and any one of these " little fellers " may mean 

 the loss of a fine old specimen of the finny tribe. 

 And hear me, you fishermen, is there anything more 

 cussed uncomfortable than to lose a fish, after you 

 once hook him, through some little old piece of tackle 

 giving up the ghost right when it should not or 

 through the fact that some info tip has been for- 

 gotten in the excitement of hooking the big one? 

 And should this happen in the presence of a fellow 

 artist, good-night! 'Twill be many a day before 

 you hear the last of it, and much advice will be 

 handed you on the subject of how the other fellow 

 would have handled the strike. 



ACCURACY VS. DISTANCE 



In bait-casting, accuracy in placing the bait in the 

 right spot is really the greatest essential; far greater, 

 in fact, than distance, which most fellows seem to 

 develop more than anything else. Slamming the 

 bait way over into the next county may get you a 

 strike now and then, but deftly placing it in the open 



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