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article Angling is observed: — u It is most 

 common, before a person becomes a Salmon 

 Angler, that he has passed his novitiate in 

 Trout fishing ; yet even then, he will require 

 a few instructions for the prosecution of this 

 more important and delightful branch of 

 An^lins:. 



" Composure, patience, and perseverance 

 are indispensable qualifications for all the 

 followers of this art, but more especially for 

 the Salmon Angler. He must lay his ac- 

 count with frequently beating the waters in 

 vain exertion ; in being long wet and weary, 

 ere he can (to use the fisher's expression) 

 move a fin ; and when he does, to be per- 

 haps then only mocked with a wanton rise, 

 or a false bite ; or should he at last prevail 

 in luring the Salmon to his fly, and after 

 working and playing him through many 

 streams, and through many pools, he brings 

 him within his reach, and then thinks he is 



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