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many a time thereafter we repeated the operation, which 

 made the whole year a fishing season a condition we al- 

 ways thought should be evolved some way or other. 



If live bait is unobtainable, we suggest using red flan- 

 nel lures, which prove very effective for most species of 

 fish. 



No doubt, other artificial baits and lures may be em- 

 ployed with good success in ice-fishing, such as the dry fly, 

 the fluted spoon, the wet fly, and other fancy artificial 

 baits and lures. 



ISAAK WALTON, BELOVED ANGLER AND 

 PHILOSOPHER. 



Isaak Walton, whose memory every knight of the rod 

 and reel holds dear, was born at Stafford, County Stafford, 

 in England, in August 1593. At the tender age of nine- 

 teen summers we find him in London engaged in retail 

 shop-keeping. He was variously called a " linen-draper," 

 6 'sempster," and " milliner." This business appears to 

 have prospered. 



However, it was not as a business man that Walton 

 holds a claim to immortality, but as a writer of carefully 

 worded literature both of an ecclesiastical and nature-lov- 

 ing flavor. Most important, as to the latter, was his book 

 "The Compleat Angler," which he wrote after his retire- 

 ment from business in 1643. He purchased a place near 

 his "native heath" in the vicinity of good fishing. Walton 

 was twice married once in 1626 and again in 1646, losing 

 both wives by death. His book, to which possibly he owes 

 the major portion of his immortal fame, "The Compleat 

 Angler," was published in 1653. Successive editions were 

 put out in 1655, 1661, 1668 and in 1676 the latter being the 

 last edition put out during the lifetime of the author. 



While the book belies its name of being really "com- 



