When to Get Them 



till the end of Marcli. Then the month of April 

 could be well spent on the California coast 

 for yellow-tail or hiack sea-bass, making the 

 round of days complete by returning to temperate 

 climates for the speckled beauties in May. Few 



there are able or willing to follow out 

 Season ^^^^ ^"^^ year; others bless their stars if 



they can get a two-weeks' trip out of 

 the year. Each angler, I suppose, has his favorite 

 season and favorite fish. 



Some the lordly salmon praise. 

 And some the lusty trout. 



To many men are many ways 

 Of fishing, without doubt. 



I have tried them all, but give me the month of 

 May, toward the end of it, just when the yellow 

 pussy-willows are fading and the leaves a little past 

 the bud. Dr. Henry van Dyke covers the point 

 beautifully when he says: 



Only an idle little stream 



Whose amber waters softly gleam, 



Where I may wade, through woodland shade. 

 And cast the fly, and loaf, and dream. 



OPEN AND CLOSED SEASON 



There are abundant fishes and plenty of good 

 fishing in American waters, notwithstanding the 

 ever-increasing army of anglers. There are laws 

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