204 The Angler's Secret 



an irresistible desire to go a fishing." 

 CHARLES HALLOCK. 



"Fly fishing is, indeed, the poetry of 

 angling." DR. JAS. A. HENSHALL. 



"More than half the intense enjoyment 

 of fly fishing is derived from the beauti- 

 ful surroundings." CHARLES F. ORVIS. 



" The genuine angler is invariably a 

 poet." F. E. POND. 



"The noblest of fish, the mighty sal- 

 mon, refuses bait utterly, and only with 

 the most artistic tackle and the greatest 

 skill can he be taken; the trout, which 

 ranks second to the salmon, demands an 

 almost equal perfection of bait, and in his 

 true season, the genial days of spring and 

 summer, scorns every allurement but the 

 tempting fly. The black bass prefers the 

 fly, but will take the trolling spoon, and 

 even bait, at all seasons ; whereas the fish 

 of lesser station give a preference to bait, 

 or accept it alone. This order of pre- 

 cedence sufficiently proves what every 



