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THE ANGLER AND HUNTSMAN 



While we have before us the subject of angling, per- 

 haps it would not be amiss to offer a few general sugges- 

 tions as to tackle. 



Tackle is a most important item. Poor and indiffer- 

 ent tackle means, in most cases, failure. Of course, we, 

 as a boy, caught our full share of fish on a crooked stick 

 for a pole and a bent pin, but that is not our idea of art in 



This Photograph by Courtesy the Canadian Pacific Railway Co. 



"FISHING IN BRITISH COLUMBIA A SCENE THAT WILL BRING BACK 

 FOND RECOLLECTIONS OF, OUR BOYHOOD DAYS. 



the angling game. Most of that was pure blind luck, or 

 else the fish were awfully hungry in those days. We are 

 fully convinced that to really become an accomplished 

 fisherman, wise to all the tricks of the f inny tribe, one must 

 have good, dependable tackle. Now, we don't mean by 

 this that one should have extra heavy or very strong line 

 and stout reel. No! No! Rather, we mean very light 



