THE ANGLER 



"Anglers. * * * * men of mild, and sweet, and 

 peaceful spirits. Moses and the Prophet Amos were both 

 Anglers." IZAAK WALTON. 



Trout Fishing in the Gunnison River, near Cebolla, Colorado. 



HE Angler represents the highest order of 

 fisherman. 



All anglers are fishermen, but all fisher- 

 men are not anglers. 



There is the same distinction in the an- 

 gler and the fisherman as there is in the 

 horseman and the jockey, and the yachts- 

 man and the sailor. 



As some one has said before, there is no 

 commercial side to angling. 

 It is a noble, recreative pastime, indulged in by those 

 who value the pursuit as much as they value the game. 



The angler never judges his day by the size of his creel, 

 while the mere fisherman always does so. It's quality 

 with the angler, quantity with the ordinary fisherman. 



There are many kinds of anglers and many kinds of 

 angling; so are there many kinds of fishermen and many 

 ways to go fishing, but, setting aside the savage who fishes 

 with a spear and the Japanese who have birds (cormor- 

 ants ) fish for them, generally speaking, there are but two 

 common forms of fishing and three kinds of fishermen. 



The two common forms of fishing are represented in 

 fishing with the hook and line, and fishing with the net, 

 and the three general classes of fishermen are represented 

 in the angler, the net fisherman and the hand-line fisher 

 the angler, the fisherman and the fisher. 



The angler fishes with gentle tackle appropriate rod, 

 reel, line and hook for the natural pleasure he finds in the 

 day and pursuit as well as in the capture of the fish; the 

 fisherman drags his net for his living, and the fisher plys 



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