CHAPTER IX 



HINTS ON FISHING 

 FISHING A BIG LAKE 



THE "know how" of fishing consists of knowing 

 where the fish are, selecting the bait accord- 

 ingly* presenting it in a tempting way, and 

 finally landing the fish. It is a subject that few 

 angling writers attempt to write about, due mostly 

 to the fact that one can only generalize because con- 

 ditions vary so. It is well that this is true because 

 as soon as fishing is reduced to a formula, to estab- 

 lished rules-of-thumb, it ceases to be a sport remove 

 the element of chance and you have nothing left. 



Scientific angling is not likely to appeal to ultra- 

 conservative people. It is for the man with quite a 

 bit of boy in his make-up, a dash of adventure, a 

 tincture of gambling, a man with the same spirit that 

 moves a prospector to load a pick and shovel on a 

 burro's back and travel out into the deserts and mount- 

 ains in the never-ending search for "the big strike." 

 Scientific angling is for folks who believe with Robert 

 Louis Stevenson that it is better far to travel than it is 

 to arrive, or, to bring it nearer home, who believe 



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