A Word to Fishermen 



fully the fatal attack of discouraging 

 bad luck selects its victims. If on 

 days when we catch few or no fish 

 we feel symptoms of disappointment, 

 these should immediately give way to 

 satisfaction when we remember how 

 many spurious and discouraged fish- 

 ermen are spending their time in ham- 

 mocks or under trees or on golf fields 

 instead of with fishing outfits, solely 

 on account of just such unfavorable 

 days. We have no assurance that if 

 fish could be easily taken at all times 

 the fishing waters within our reach 

 would not be depopulated a horrible 

 thing to contemplate. Let it not be 

 said that such considerations as these 

 savor of uncharitableness and selfish- 

 ness on our part. We are only recog- 

 nizing the doctrine of the survival of 

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