FISHING A RIVER FROM A BOAT 193 



what another should do under any given circum- 

 stance Advice given upon such topics as the one 

 discussed in this paragraph must be more or less 

 hypothetical. 



The great fascination of this variety of casting is 

 the ever changing panorama of flood and field and 

 wood, while the chance that the next bend, snag or 

 pool may contain that mythical "big one," adds zest 

 and piquancy. The rodster holds his breath as the 

 boat sweeps around a bend. He finds his reel-hand 

 trembling with excitement and expectancy, then a 

 beautiful vista unfolds below, and forthwith he 

 forgets all about rod and reel and fish. Who could 

 think only of the game when voyaging through a 

 veritable fairyland? Indeed and always, "It is not 

 all of fishing to fish," nor indeed, as for that, is it all 

 of living to exist. Aside from the surroundings, it 

 is the woo of the unexpected which leads the angler 

 on and on. Never is he satisfied with the last fish, 

 perhaps the next bend will produce a larger. "Quien 

 sabe?" So the boat fisherman journeys, all agog 

 with expectancy, always open-eyed and open-eared to 

 his beautiful surroundings. Reader: if you have not 

 tested the possibilities of this variety of casting 

 piscatorial, aesthetical and, yes, theological there 

 is a blank page in your book of angling experiences. 

 After all what a day on the bosom of the flood will 

 mean to you will depend upon what you yourself are. 

 Go, then, and may the blessing of the Red Gods go 

 with ye. 



