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"Nor would I," retorted the angler, 

 "if I could catch as well and have as 

 much sport with a piece of bundle cord." 



And he kept on hooking and playing 

 his fish skilfully, while fully a hundred 

 other fishermen with inappropriate tackle, 

 and some with no tackle at all, save a 

 bit of string and half a horseshoe for a 

 sinker, caught nothing beyond water- 

 soaked steamship refuse. 



I do not mean to say that light tackle 

 should be used in all waters for all species, 

 but I do say that the man who would 

 fish with the intention of catching fish 

 and enjoying real sport should use fishing 

 tackle. 



I look upon the practical advocate of 

 heavy tackle quite as favorably as I 

 judge the follower of light tackle. Both 

 are correct in their methods, but I have 

 no patience with the unpractised fellow 

 who cries down the use of all sorts of 

 tackle. 



We all admire the tarponman with his 



