Fish and Fishing 



I always reel in with my right hand, holding the 

 rod with my left; this, I am aware, requires a 

 quick change from right hand to left to hold the 

 rod at the strike, but I gain in the extra strength 

 and delicacy by using the right hand. 



In boat-fishing, either with the fly or bait, the rod 

 is not so easy to work when seated as it is in stand- 

 ing up, and to play a fish properly, the butt should 

 rest solidly against the body. Sit perfectly still in 

 the middle of the seat or chair, with feet firmly 

 planted and knees well out of the way of action. 



^ . Don't run excitedly around the boat, 

 Keep Cool » ,, . , . . 



lollownig the quarry m its tantrums. 



Permit the oarsman to keep the boat from weeds 



and away from the fish. As in river fishing, 



allow the rod tip to do the work and the fish to 



make the fight. All there is in it is just to. keep the 



line tight, rod up and hand on the reel. It is a 



revelation how much the fish does, how little the 



angler needs to do, if the right way is pursued. 



Never have a long line hanging down from the 



rod and reel to get tangled up at the bottom of 



the boat, or wound round the feet. That method 



is only proper when the rod and reel are not in 



use, viz.: hand-line fishing. Every inch of line 



should run directly from the reel through the 



guides of the rod, the fish unreeling, the handle 



reeling in. If a fish gets fast to a rock, 

 Fisif "^ ^ ^^S' ^^' weeds, in river fishing, keep a 



tight line and slowly walk round to 

 another point and lower the tip a little, to give an 

 opportunity for it to make a new start; if it does 

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