Some Fishing Pretenses 



favorable surroundings, more uncer- 

 tain, whimsical and wary in biting, 

 and more strong, resolute and re- 

 sourceful when hooked, than any 

 other fish ordinarily caught in fresh 

 waters. They will in some localities 

 and at certain seasons rise to a fly; 

 but this cannot be relied upon. They 

 can sometimes also be taken by troll- 

 ing ; but this is very often not success- 

 ful, and is at best a second-class style 

 of fishing. On the whole it is best 

 and most satisfactory to attempt their 

 capture by still fishing with bait. 



To those with experience this will 

 not suggest angling of a tame and un- 

 ruffled sort; and if those without expe- 

 rience have such an estimate of it they 

 are most decidedly reckoning without 

 their host. As teachers of patience 

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