AS A MEANS OF CATCHING FISH 17 



as much fun to cast at a lily pad, or a projecting log, 

 25 yards away, as it is to shoot at a 4-inch bull, with a 

 .22 at a hundred yards." 



These advantages combined in one method explain 

 its success as a means of catching fish, which in turn 

 accounts for the fact that, although of comparatively 

 recent origin, it is the most popular way of scientific 

 angling now practiced in America. 



Fly casting has been called the artistic man's recrea- 

 tion ; still fishing the contemplative man's, but bait cast- 

 ing, with its continual moving about, is for the stren- 

 uous, although the sport is practiced successfully and 

 enjoyed by people of limited energy. 



