Fishing and Fishermen 



which an honorable standing in the 

 fishing fraternity exacts. Of course, 

 the notion must not be for a moment 

 tolerated that deliberate, downright 

 lying as to an essential matter is per- 

 missible. It must be confessed, how- 

 ever, that unescapable traditions and 

 certain inexorable conditions of our 

 brotherhood tend to a modification 

 of the standards of truthfulness which 

 have been set up in other quarters. 

 Beyond doubt, our members should be 

 as reliable in statement as our tradi- 

 tions and full enjoyment of fraternity 

 membership will permit. 



An attempt has been made to 

 remedy the indefiniteness of this re- 

 quirement by insisting that no state- 

 ment should be regarded as suffi- 

 ciently truthful for the fisherman's 

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