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soothed and tempered by the melody of birds, the 

 sights of nature, and the sounds of inferior animals 

 above, around, and beneath the enlivening waters. 

 With rosy dreams and bright streams, breezy morns 

 and mellow skies, a light heart and a clear conscience, 

 may 'God speed ye well."' Genio C. Scott, Fishing 

 in American Waters. 



Real vs. Rural Angler. The assertion that the 

 bent-pin-fishing country boy can catch more trout 

 than the properly equipped Angler is material of the 

 comic papers. No impracticable boy, whether he be 

 of the country or of the city, can excel the correctly 

 rigged, careful Angler. The bent-pin youth of the 

 farm may outfish the unskillful, showy tyro from the 

 city, but to compete with the scientific Angler he 

 would have about the same chance of outfishing the 

 expert as a cow would have fishing alongside of a mink. 



The Bicycle Angler. Mr. David Rivers writes me: 

 "I ride my wheel to my favorite angling places regu- 

 larly in the spring, summer, and autumn times. The 

 four-ounce rod takes up no noticeable space on the 

 wheel, and my leader-box and fly-book are easily 

 carried in my pockets. " 



The Determined Angler. "There is peculiar 

 pleasure in catching a trout in a place where nobody 

 thinks of looking for them, and at an hour when 

 everybody believes they cannot be caught." Henry 

 van Dyke. 



Dry and Wet Fly Angler. "Startling as the state- 

 ment may sound, it is probably true that the really 



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