CHAPTER III 



TACKLE 



" A man that goeth to the River for his pleasure must under- 

 stand when he goeth there to set forth his Tackles. The first 

 thing he must do is to observe the Sun, the Wind, the Moon, 

 the Starres, & the Wanes of the Air, to set forth his Tackles 

 according to the times and Seasons to goe for his pleasure & 

 some profit." BARKER'S "Art of Angling," 1653. 



THE attempts at information which are com- 

 prised in the foregoing chapters of this work I 

 trust may in some manner prepare the reader for 

 the more important and practical features which 

 are to follow. There is hardly a pleasure of early 

 spring more delightful to the angler than that of 

 getting out his rods, reels, and lines after their 

 long rest, looking them over to proy'e^that'^every- 

 thing is in good order for the approaching tests 

 they are to undergo^to see that tliei lizyes are 

 unfrayed and strong, that the reels work well and 

 smoothly, that the windings on the r.ods'a're per- 

 fect, and the rods themselves are as-/pliant and 

 trustworthy as they have been in past yearjs, and 



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