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With Rod and Gun in Nezv England 



The most important rule in angling is to keep out of sight of the fish, 

 yet it is one of the hardest to impress upon the beginner. It is the one 

 text that I discourse the most upon, and it is the text of this article, and 

 will ever be, not only of this, but of every article I shall write upon fishing. 

 The angler who makes long casts knows that he is out of the visual range 

 of the fish, and so is successful, or by concealing himself behind a tree or 

 bush he can make shorter casts with almost equal success. Under the 

 latter conditions I have hooked bass not ten feet away. 



An Indian might sit at a hole in the ice all day without catching a fish, 

 but by building a hut over the hole so that he is in darkness, or even by 

 lying prone with his face to the hole and covering himself with his blanket, 

 he is also in darkness and soon catches his fish. The child of Nature is 

 wiser in these matters than his civilized brother. 



Photo, by W. L. Underwood. 



Canoeing in a Forest Stream. 



