Hints for Young Anglers 181 



these species, we say fish. A dozen 

 perch are fish; eleven perch and one 

 trout are fishes. 



A Foul Cast. I once wagered a dozen 

 leaders with a friend upon the result of 

 an hour's angling with the fly for black 

 bass, the one taking fairly the largest fish 

 in that time to win the prize. My friend 

 caught the largest specimen of both 

 creels, but he did not claim the leaders. 

 Being a gentle rodman and a truthful 

 man he acknowledged hooking his fish 

 the largest by the gills, an unintentional 

 but none the less unfair capture, just as 

 much so as if the bass were hooked in the 

 tail. 



Hand-line Casting. A correspondent 

 asks how a surf hand-line is cast. I 

 always use a rod in surf as well as in all 

 sorts of fishing, but I freely offer what 

 little knowledge I possess on the subject 

 in question : The hand-line men I have 

 seen casting from the beach into the surf 

 coiled the line at their feet, clear of all 



