Where Town and Country Meet 



dullest and most phlegmatic nervous temper- 

 ament, for I have never known an instance 

 when there was not ample warning, from the 

 initial contact of the fish with the spoon or 

 minnow, for catching the line with the hand 

 in season to meet the tug and surge of the 

 strike. 



Some fishermen use a very short, thick 

 rod in trolling alone from a boat, laying the 

 rod with the butt under one thwart and the 

 tip over another, or holding it between the 

 legs. I have also seen anglers carry the line 

 at the tip of a small stick, about six inches 

 long, which they held in one hand as they 

 rowed. But it has always seemed to me that 

 this method must impart an uneven and er- 

 ratic motion to the spoon, and also make it 

 liable to sink and foul. 



The ideal trolling-ground is a small, deep, 

 rather sluggish river, winding through low 

 meadows, with now and then a lofty decid- 

 uous grove, deep with shade and coolness, 

 or a wooded ridge thrusting down to the 

 water's edge and breaking the quiet of the 

 lowland scenery with a picturesque bluff or 

 cliff. There is an indescribable charm about 

 winding in and out, to and fro, with the sin- 



