SAILFISH 



and therefore less leisure, then that is a splendid 

 thing for me. It is a responsibility that I appre- 

 ciate. But on the oth^r hand I must tell the truth, 

 I must show my own development, I must be of 

 service to the many who have so much more time 

 to read than fish. It is not enough to give pleas- 

 ure merely; a writer should instruct. And if what 

 I say above offends any fisherman, I am sorry, and 

 I suggest that he read it twice. 



What weight tackle to use is not such a 'hard 

 problem to decide. All it takes is some experience. 

 To quote Mr. Bates, "The principle is that the angler 

 should subdue the fish by his skill with rod and 

 line, and put his strength into the battle to end it, 

 and not employ a worrying process to a frightened 

 fish that does not know what it is fighting." 



