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greatly improved this bait by doing away with the 

 second hook, and fixing a single one in such a 

 manner that the bait itself becomes a handle to 

 disengage it from the fish's jaws. I can now with 

 confidence advise the use of it. 



It may seem to the salmon angler that his fish 

 can have no equal, but he may learn that, weight 

 for weight, a pollack's sudden rush for shelter is a 

 greater strain than that of a salmon's first run. 



It is not uncommon to hear even the spring 

 salmon fisher complain that he was unable to get a 

 decent run out of his fish ; you will never hear this 

 against the pollack. 



How fortunate for the men and youths who are 

 being made fishers by " The British Sea Anglers' 

 Society " I would add to their title, " The Aid to 

 Health Society " that while the capture of a 

 salmon may cost any sum between five pounds and 

 three hundred, there is a gamer fish that literally 

 swarms on all our coast lines wherever there are 

 sunken rocks ! Such fishing is unlimited and indis- 

 putably free ; it is the poor man's birthright which 

 no one's wealth can debar him from, and may more 

 power be given to those who would aid him to its 

 enjoyment. 



I often meet some of the workers of this Society, 

 and am much impressed by the earnestness of their 

 faith that sea-fishing is good in countless ways. A 



prominent member, Mr. P , might have been 



seen, a short time since, in Cheapside trying to 



