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The Versatile Angler 



" Nature hath endless aspects ; 



To the angler she doth her beauties and her 



glories all unfold. 

 A magic light rests on the land and sea, 



And all her streams are silver all her sunshine 

 gold." C. COTTON. 



OOD sportsmen know 

 that angling is a broad- 

 meaning term, and as 

 applied to the pisca- 

 torial sport of one man 

 it might mean an alto- 

 gether different sort of 

 sport to another. 



There are six distinct 

 rodsters familiar to me the salmon 

 seeker, with his expensive outfit and 

 limited domain and season; the brook- 

 trout angler, with his four-ounce rod and 

 tiny tackle; the black bass and pickerel 

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" Good company, a 

 stout heart no matter 

 where the gam eland." 



