The Contented Angler 



A homeward trudge through mist-wrapped night, 

 A heart and creel, in common, light ; 

 Complete content the day has brought it, 

 He fished for pleasure and he caught it. 



Country Life. 



HE angler does not seek 

 the streams solely for the 

 fishes he may capture, 

 but rather in search of 

 peace and quiet. The 

 fishes are merely pleas- 

 ant features of the favor- 

 ite domain; " 't is not 



gentleness of spirit and u f fishing to figh 

 a pure serenity of mind." & 



-WASHINGTON IRVING. b ut these truths may 



never appeal to the insincere fisher, the 



man who casts his line for the catch alone. 



The great trouble with the average tyro 



fisherman is his expectation of filling his 



basket on every trip ; but if the true 



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" There is certainly 

 something in angling 

 that tends to produce a 



