TIME 



EVERY style of fishing has its earnest devotees 

 and its special claim to prominence in the minds of 

 certain men, who are ever ready to maintain the 

 superiority of the branch of the sport they follow. 



The tarpon fisher considers himself as much 

 above the salmon fisher as the latter holds himself 

 above the man who bothers with sea-trout, or any- 

 thing less noble than salmo salar, and who finds his 

 wand of magic to be a single-handed rod. The 

 slayer of acrobatic ouananiche scorns speckled trout 

 as the true trout fisher pooh-poohs black bass; 

 while the admirers of the big-mouthed, dusky gladi- 

 ator stoutly maintain that he is boldest and best on 

 hook or on board. So it runs downward through 

 the list. 



The fly-fisher scoffs at squidding, trolling, bait- 

 fishing, spearing, and at anything and everything, 

 save fly-fishing, and still old " Ike " ne'er preached 

 such a creed. There are plenty of enthusiasts who 

 declare that trolling for bluefish in a spanking 

 breeze, or hauling lusty sea-bass by main force from 

 foamy breakers which soak one from sole to crown, 

 are the only styles of fishing- worth following. 

 Others find their keenest excitement in winding a 



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