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pers) and scaupaug (porgie) fishing in salt 

 water use the four-ounce fly rod. 



Whatever you do, as an angler, do not 

 fish without a rod, no matter what species 

 you try for. Of course fish can be caught 

 without a rod just as game may be killed 

 without a gun, but the sportsman does 

 not take his outings without these im- 

 portant implements. Rules govern, or 

 should govern, all sports as well as they 

 govern trades, clubs, professions, and 

 governments themselves, and to angle 

 with proper angling tools is a rule no 

 gentleman will argue against, no matter 

 what the scoffing bungler may say or do. 



The professional market fisherman who 

 catches fish by hand-line and net for a 

 living, and who is not an angler, is not 

 the one to advise as to the methods of 

 angling. He may be a good example for 

 those who wish to become fishermen for 

 the money there is in the trade, but he 

 really disapproves of angling and angling 

 implements. I am persuaded to make 



