Some Fishing Pretenses 



fishing. It commends itself in every 

 feature to the sporting instincts of all 

 genuine anglers; and it is because I 

 do not hope to altogether correct the 

 "Affectations and Pretenses of Fish- 

 ing" that I have felt constrained to 

 rally those who should love angling 

 for bass to the end that at least a 

 good-natured division may be estab- 

 lished within our fraternity between 

 an ornamental and pretense-breeding 

 method and one which cultivates skill, 

 stimulates the best fishing traits, and 

 remains untouched by any form of 

 affectation. 



