PART ONE 



Angling. 



To angle successfully is a fine art. It requires not 

 only skill, but a great amount of patience. Without 

 these prime requisites you are doomed to failure. Ang- 

 ling comes naturally to some fishermen, to others it must 

 be taught, and, alas, to still others it cannot be taught. 



So to be a successful angler, you must possess skill 

 and patience. The student-fisherman who is most obser- 

 vant is by far most apt to speedily acquire the art. Study 

 nature. 'Learn the habits of the finny tribe. Find out 

 what they thrive upon what insects they devour in cer- 

 tain seasons of the year, and imitate these insects in con- 

 structing your artificial lures, if it is not practicable to 

 use natural ones. If you purchase your lures, use all the 

 judgment you possess in selecting them. 



The successful hunter knows the habits of the animal 

 he is striving to bring to bag, and so must the successful 

 fisherman know the habits of the particular specie of fish 

 he is angling for. 



No given set of rules may be set down for the guid- 

 ance of the angler. Conditions vary in such great degree 

 in different localities as to make given rules and regula- 

 tions seem foolish. We must adjust ourselves and our 

 tackle to conditions as we find them this is the method 

 that spells success. Hence, in this book the author shall 

 not aim to write down any given set of rules in the art of 

 angling, but merely to write of conditions as he has found 

 them in his particular field of action. 



