VII 



The Angler and the Scoffer 



44 In spite of what elderly gentlemen may say to the 

 contrary, an ignorant countryman, with his sapling 

 rod and coarse tackle, never takes the largest fish nor 

 the greatest in quantity." ROBT. B. ROOSEVELT. 



CARPENTER can build 

 a house with poor tools, 

 but he can build a better 

 house with fine tools. 

 So, in fishing, one can 

 catch fish with any sort 

 of device, but he could 

 do better with proper 

 tackle. 



One of the great reasons why so many 

 salt-water fishermen, particularly that 

 class who live in the cities and fish from 

 docks and steamboats, are not fond of 

 remunerative - angling pastimes and fail 

 to find any pleasure in genuine angling 

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44 O, sir, doubt not but 

 that angling is an art." 

 IZAAK WALTON. 



