54 BAIT AND FLY FISHING. 



regard the solicitations of the stomach, and 

 the cry of hunger is met with the reply, 

 " Stop till another trout is caught," which 

 generally gives time to the lower regions to 

 balance accounts. This fast often converts 

 into a feast the simplest fare, supplying in 

 abundance that excellent salad, hunger, and 

 producing health and vigour to the whole 

 system. One abuse of an intense love of 

 angling is, that of wading with boots not 

 water tight, which is sure to be followed by 

 rheumatics, thus hurting the health more 

 than the sport helps it. 



As a matter of course, good tackle is in- 

 dispensable to success. Permit me, there- 

 fore to make a few remarks on its structure 

 and use. I was in the habit of using rods 

 of three different sizes, 16, 20, and 24 feet, 

 the last I used for broad rivers to enable 

 me to throw rny point fly (if the wind was 

 favourable) 'so as to drop 25 or 30 yards 

 from me across the stream. The rod I used 

 for bait and minnow fishing was 20 feet long; 

 my first casting line was 4 feet in length, 

 made of three-ply gut with a catch for 

 joining the second to it; the second was 



