DAYS ON THE NEPIGON. 



In bait-fishing with light tackle, as careful 

 handling is required as with the fly, and is 

 attended with the same delightful uncertainty ; 

 and we haven't a superabundance of patience 

 with those who decry the minnow and applaud 

 the fly whether or no. Invariably, like the great 

 majority of anglers, we accord preference to 

 the fly, and can hardly imagine a hook wear- 

 ing plebeian worms, though they be moist and 

 corpulent, when feathers are fashionable and 

 attractive; but immediately upon becoming 

 convinced that they are not wanted, we have 

 no hesitancy in substituting bait and being 

 thankful that there is such a substitute. 



If intent on outgeneraling reluctant fish, 

 you must needs be catholic in your methods, 

 and the greatest enjoyment lies in solving the 

 problem. It puts one on his mettle, accord- 

 ing more delight in the ultimate victory; 

 and the true value of angling as a pastime 

 may be appraised by the obstacles it over- 

 comes. If one could accurately foretell the 

 happenings on a trout stream, there would be 



missing many of its allurements. 

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