4 The Angler's Secret 



angler's nature be in him, this greedy de- 

 sire departs and the real spirit of angling 

 contentment comes upon him after he 

 has had a taste of the gentle art, and he 

 begins to experience the genuine pleasures 

 of the rod and line. 



The day is then judged according to the 

 quality rather than the quantity of the 

 game ; the pursuit as well as the capture 

 is rightly appreciated, and the earnest 

 man then obtains that which is mostly 

 sought for by all honest rodmen "a 

 gentleness of spirit and a pure serenity of 

 mind." 



'T is the soul we seek to replenish not 

 the creel. 



If the tyro's nature is not suited to the 

 pursuit, he either affects coarse, sure- 

 killing paraphernalia, hand lines, spring 

 hooks, nets, etc., and adopts the profes- 

 sional fisherman's methods, for the pur- 

 pose of taking fish solely for the value of 

 the catch, or he gives up the play entirely. 



All the fishes in the world will not make 



