CHAPTER X 



EXPERIMENTS IN SEA ANGLING 



TO the gentle Waltonian accustomed only to 

 the fields, brooks, and dales of angling 

 philosophy and the perfume of meadow flowers, 

 the big game, the really big game of the sea, 

 does not always appeal; yet it is well for an 

 angler to have a diversity of tastes. The sports- 

 man on land does not always confine himself to 

 snipe, woodcock, or quail; he finds a diversion 

 in elk, rhinoceros, panther, or big game. And so 

 to obtain the full enjoyment of angling, the 

 angler should test his rod on everything, game 

 large and small, always, of course, adapting his 

 tackle to the game and giving it the complete 

 advantage. 



It was but a few years ago that the tarpon 

 was supposed to be an impossible catch with 

 rod and reel, and so positive were anglers that 

 it could not be taken that some one challenged 

 the world to go to Florida and take a tarpon 

 with rod and reel, offering to defray all expenses 

 if success was attained. To-day the secretary of 

 the Tuna Club, L. P. Streeter, of Pasadena, is 



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