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CHAPTER XIII. 



HARLING AND BOAT-ANGLING. 



Harling and angling from a boat are generally regarded 

 as inferior classes of sport, as compared to bank or wading- 

 fishing, yet they are the only practical methods T)y which 

 certain pools, or even some entire rivers, can be fished, 

 barring the use of the otter ; and they provide many with 

 the means of sport who, either by physical disability or 

 by advanced age, are unequal to the exertion of a day's 

 bank angling. 



I am not certain that those of us who can wield with 

 ease an 18-ft. or 20-ft. rod do not now and again 

 welcome a harling pool, especially when fishing a river 

 which entails continued long casting ; but no matter what 

 comparative value we attach to harling, of a certainty it 

 is no fool's work, and, like all other branches of angling, 

 it must be conducted with intelligence and system, 

 consequently the art possesses many details demanding 

 consideration. 



