1 10 The Angler's Secret 



Sound. Sally has two boats and a jovial 

 disposition, but don't rely on her for 

 anything to eat. Take a basket with 

 you, and have a bottle or two of what- 

 ever you drink in it, for the water at 

 Aunt Sally's is a trifle "ripe," as one of 

 my friends termed it. Having arranged 

 for a boat, ask the old woman to show 

 you the blackfish rock, and then, if you 

 are half as fortunate as I was, you will 

 have a glorious day. 



We rowed out perhaps two hundred 

 feet from the beach. My friends used 

 heavy salt-water rods and coarse linen 

 lines, but I resorted to my light-weight 

 fly rod and silk line, using this most in- 

 appropriate outfit in preference to the 

 heavy rods, since the proper articles a 

 six-ounce or eight-ounce bait rod and fine 

 linen line were not to be had. Bait (soft- 

 shell clams) may be secured right on the 

 sod flats. Thousands of these, as well as 

 hard-shell clams, might be dug up in a 

 few hours, and they are delicious for man 



