The Taking of Big Game Fishes 



being used so small and delicate that the slightest mis- 

 take breaks it; indeed, I am told that when an alba- 

 core weighing sixty pounds takes 600 or 800 feet of 

 a No. 9 line, the latter often breaks itself under the 

 severe strain. The action of these clubs could be imi- 

 tated all over the country to advantage, and the man 

 who entertains the belief that the best angler is he 

 who catches the most fish, should be put to the blush 

 and drummed out of the fishing grounds of America. 



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