and Affectations 



dency toward effeminate attenuation 

 and aesthetic standards among anglers 

 of an advanced type, is calculated to 

 bring about a substitution of scientific 

 display with rod and reel for the 

 plain, downright, common-sense en- 

 joyment of fishing. This would be a 

 distinct and lamentable loss, resulting 

 in the elimination to a great extent 

 of individual initiative, and the dis- 

 regard of the inherent distinction be- 

 tween good and bad fishermen, as 

 measured by natural aptitude and 

 practical results. 



As in an organized commonwealth 

 neither the highest nor the lowest ele- 

 ments of its people constitute its best 

 strength and reliance, so in the fra- 

 ternity of fishermen neither the lowest 

 hangers-on and intruders, nor the 



