'* To one escaping but seldom from the weary routine of office 

 work, to swing even a seven-ounce rod all day may become a 

 burden ; while to him whose muscles are braced by abundant 

 exercise and robust health it seems but as a feather's weight. 

 The truth is, that there is in this matter no hard and fast line 

 where dogmatism may take its stand and say, this is right and that 

 is wrong. Let each use that rod which to him affords the most 

 pleasure, and for him that rod is the best, whether it be forty feet 

 long or only two." Henry P. Wells. 



11 There is certainly something in angling that tends to produce 

 a gentleness of spirit, and a pure sincerity of mind." Washington 

 Irving. 



"The flies used in lake fishing are larger than those for rivers ; 

 and I have frequently observed that the winged flies answer better 

 than palmers. Perhaps the cause of this may be, that many rivers 

 and small trout streams are bordered with trees, which overhang 

 them, and from which drop the insects that the palmers imitate." 

 T. G. Hofland. 



" When a trout cnooses to prey upon what he thinks is weaker 

 than himself, the angler ought not to be blamed for it." G. W. 

 Bethune, D.D. 



" I said anglers were born, not made ; but when born they can 

 be improved, and wish to learn as well as teach." Fitz James 

 Fitch. 



' ' Imitate never so closely the form and general character of the 

 fly at which the fish are rising if the color be wanting you will 

 have no sport." Hewett Wheatley. 



"Always strike from the reel by leaving the line free from 

 pressure of the fingers, and then you don't strike too hard." Fred 

 Mather. 



" It is of record that when the Pilgrims went to King James for 

 their charter they said to him that they desired to go to the new 

 world to worship God and catch fish." Samuel 8. Cox. 



