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plan to have a pen where the surplus fish may be kept 

 alive if there is a surplus so that when, as sometimes 

 happens, the fish are off their feed for some length of 

 time, it will not be a case of straight bacon. 



The angler who camps beside his fishing has many 

 advantages over the one-day fisherman. Not only can 

 he choose the best days and the best time of day for 

 fishing but he has every facility for learning the pe- 

 culiarities of the fish in that particular lake, their hours 

 of feeding, where to look for them, their taste in the 

 matter of flies and baits, the effect upon them of various 

 local conditions, and similar matters. These are things 

 the knowledge of which makes for success and the 

 angler in camp should not fail to observe them. 



Canoe vs. Waders 



It must be admitted at the start that the majority of 

 fly-fishermen, if the stream conditions are at all favor- 

 able, would choose the waders. For this choice there 

 are many reasons, all good ones. The fly-caster who 

 has acquired his angling education on northern trout 

 streams is never quite at home when casting from boat 

 or canoe ; and to the minds of many anglers wading the 

 stream is a necessary accompaniment of the day's fishing 

 if the occasion is to be enjoyed to the utmost. 



The man in the waders undoubtedly gets into closer 

 communication with the stream and its surroundings 

 than does the canoeman. From the first pool or riffle 

 he follows the stream through its various windings, 

 learning as he can in no other way its peculiarities. 

 Every trout stream is unique. To fish it successfully 



