With What to Get Them 



she should quic-kly reel in till the fish is near enough 

 to place the net beneath it, swooping it upward 

 and carrying it to the river side on dry 

 fJ'r^Trout'^*^ land, there to extract the hook and 

 plop the fish through the hole in the 

 creel, where it is safe. Take no notice of its kick- 

 ing; it only wants to get back to the water, which, 

 of course, is not the purpose of fishing. The first 

 success will fire the fair angler to further deeds. 



In angling from a boat, either trollino; or still- 

 fishing with bait, dress counts for little; it can be 

 anything to suit. In nine cases out of ten she will 

 require an escort to bait her hooks and take off the 

 fish from the hooks. I have knowni women do such 

 things themselves, and enjoy it merrily. I have 

 seen one land a good, big bass, though it broke the 

 rod. She held on like grim death till the monster 

 was boated; at the same time I wrestled with a 

 big pike which seemed determined to stay right 

 under the boat. But women have invaded the 

 fields of larger game, tackling alone and 

 Game'^ unaided, the monster tarpon and black 

 sea-bass. Record fish have been taken 

 by them weighing over two hundred and fifty 

 pounds. The plucky holder of the record fish 

 is a woman from Kentucky, a State made famous 

 by its fair daughters. 



Angling by women is as yet in its infancy. 

 When they do take it up as a serious diversion or 

 recreation I predict that most States will have to 

 stock the streams much more thoroughly than 

 they do at the present time. 

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