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TROUT AND SALMON 



of New York, with a fish of 210 pounds weight, a length of 

 6 feet 11 inches, and a girth measurement of 45 inches. Its 

 largest scales measured 3% by 4 inches. The tackle used in 

 the capture of this fish consisted of a short-butt snake wood 



Drawn by J. Carter 



THE TARPON. 



rod seven feet long, of which the tip weighed thirteen ounces, 

 a vom Hofe universal reel, 600 feet of No. 24 vom Hof e 

 line, and a No. 1 Van Vleck hook. 



The Tarpon is not to be caught in deep water with hook 

 and line. As a rule, the waters of the east coast of Florida 

 are unsuitable for successful adventures with the Silver King; 

 but at several points on the west coast, where the level beach 

 of clear sand shelves far out into the Gulf before it drops 



