" Doubt not, therefore, sir, but that angling is an art, and an 

 art worth your learning ; the question is, rather, whether you be 

 capable of learning it, for angling is somewhat like poetry, men 

 are to be born so : I mean with inclinations to it, though both 

 may be heightened by discourse and practice ; but he that hopes 

 to be a good angler must not only bring an inquiring, searching, 

 observing wit, but he must bring a large measure of hope and 

 patience, and a love and propensity to the art itself ; but having 

 once got and practised it, then doubt not but angling will prove 

 to be so pleasant that it will prove to be like virtue, a reward to 

 itself." Izaak Walton. 



" The black bass are unquestionably as fine a fish for angling 

 purposes as any we possess, and as an article of food are equal to 

 our best." Parker Gttmore. 



I. Cheney. 2. White Miller. 



3. La Belle. 4. Scarlet Ibis. 



5. Shad-Fly. 6. Green and Gold. 



"Never use too much power in casting ; it is not only not 

 necessary, but it is injurious. You cast the line with the top and 

 half the second joint, and very little force suffices to bring this 

 into play. If you use more, all the effect is to bring the lower part 

 of the rod into action, which has very little spring compared with 

 the top of it." Francis Francis. 



" Although trout are taken with numerous grub and angle 

 worms, still frequently all these will fail, and a brilliant colored 

 imitation of a fly will lure them, and herein largely consists the 

 science of the fisherman, in judging what style of fly is appropri- 

 ate to a peculiar state of the atmosphere or locality." T. Robin- 

 son Warren. 



" Black bass when struck and p.ayed will always head down 

 stream." W. C. Harris. 



