Embarrassment 

 of Riches 



Tools and 

 Tackle 



Favorite Fish and Fishing 



and is not happy until his wants, real or 

 fancied, are supplied. 



A woman at a bargain counter is a sedate, 

 complacent and uninterested personage com- 

 pared with an angler in a tackle store at the 

 opening of the fishing season. He is covet- 

 ous to a degree, and would walk off with the 

 entire stock should he follow the dictates 

 of his inclination as to his fancied require- 

 ments. As it is, he buys many things he will 

 never have any use for; but he thinks he 

 will, all the same, and leaves the attractive 

 place an impoverished but happier man. 



Of course it is best, when one can afford 

 it, to provide duplicate rods and reels and 

 a liberal supply of minor articles. But the 

 careful angler, with but one ewe lamb in the 

 shape of a tried and trusty rod, and a single, 

 reliable click reel, with a limited but well- 

 selected supply of leaders and flies, will take 

 as many fish as his prodigal brother with a 

 superabundant equipment. 



The length and weight of the rod de- 

 pends on the character of the waters to 

 be fished : whether open water or a small 

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