44 The Angler's Secret 



honest play at seasonable game with 

 proper methods and tools. 'T is he who 

 takes the baby striped bass in the cradle 

 river, who dynamites the trout brook, 

 who spreads a net in spawning time. He 

 will resort to any method merely for the 

 mess. 



And shall this unfair fish-killer be 

 termed an angler because he fishes? 



Somewhere I have read that it is 

 wrong to teach children to take fishes or 

 kill any living thing for sport, and I know 

 this is good advice. It is cruel and 

 wasteful to subject any animal to suffer 

 pain merely that the killer may enjoy the 

 struggle of his victim. And what angler 

 ever does this? Who among the craft 

 would enjoy seeing his game suffer? The 

 angler is as sensitive regarding cruelty to 

 the so-called lower animals as any other 

 human being. When he kills, he kills 

 humanely. He knows how to kill, when 

 to kill, where to kill, and what to kill. 



Teach your child not to kill for sport 



