i8 THe Determined Angler 



with the single bullet, or just as the greedyman with a 

 blunderbuss might excel in number the wing shot by 

 potting quail bunched on the ground instead of chival- 

 rously bagging single birds on the wing with a perti- 

 nent arm. 



The neophyte always confounds the angler with the 

 indiscriminate fisherman and so implicates the angler 

 in the cruelty and wastefulness associated with mere 

 chance fishing, when in fact the Angler is the real 

 propagator and protector of the fishes, and is in no 

 sense cruel or wasteful. 



The laws that prohibit greedy catches, and protect 

 the mother fish in breeding time, are made by, enforced 

 by, and supported financially by the Angler. 



The rearing of the fishes that are placed in depleted 

 waters was originated by, is conducted by, and is paid 

 for by the Angler. 



No other class has earnestly bothered its head, 

 honestly lifted its hands, or liberally opened its purse 

 in these matters, and the nearest association man in 

 general has with the preservation of both wild fish 

 and fowl is in uttering a cowardly, false accusation 

 against the one who really deserves sole credit for the 

 work, the sportsman, the genuine field sportsman, not 

 the vicious sporting man of the race track, cockpit, 

 and gambling den two distinct species of animal, as 

 vastly separated in character as the deerhound and the 

 dragon. 



And why this charge against the innocent? Simply 

 because the guilty wish to shield and profit themselves, 

 as the thief cries fire that he may pick your pocket in 

 the panic that ensues. 



But then there is a well meaning but wholly un- 

 enlightened element, that, influenced by the cry of the 



