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ized bass fishing in America. His prophecy made in 

 this book that the black bass would eventually become 

 the game fish of the people has been borne out by 

 events. 



Dr. Henshall was trained as a surgeon but gave up 

 that calling to engage in fish culture work that ap- 

 pealed more to his tastes and his efforts along these 

 lines were crowned with unusual success. At this 

 writing (December, 1918) he is hale and hearty at the 

 ripe age of 83, bearing out Dame Berners' testimony 

 that angling assures " that your aege may be the more 

 floure and the lenger to endure." 



PRESENT AND FUTURE 



At present fly fishing for bass is enjoying a great re- 

 vival, more interest being taken in it than in many 

 years and as the advance of civilization unfortunately 

 destroys more trout streams and requires trout fishers 

 to travel farther, many of them, by necessity, will turn 

 to waters nearer home and cast their fraudulent 

 feathers to the doughty knight in shining, green armor 

 that " inch for inch, pound for pound, is the gamest 

 fish that swims." 



EARLY TROUT FISHING 



The early history of fly fishing for trout in this 

 country is just as disappointing as that of fly fishing 

 for bass. Capt. John Smith in his " A Description of 

 New England," published in 1616, said: "Much 

 salmon some haue found vp the Riuers as they haue 



