AVALON, THE BEAUTIFUL 



All fish brought into Avalon in 1918 were sold for 

 food. 



We inaugurated the releasing of small Marlin 

 swordfish. 



There was a great increase in the interest taken 

 in the use of light tackle. 



We owe the latter stride toward conservation and 

 sportsmanship to Mr. James Jump, and to Lone 

 Angler, and to President Coxe of the Tuna Club. 

 I had not been entirely in sympathy with their feats 

 of taking Marlin swordfish and tuna on light tackle. 

 My objections to the use of too light tackle have 

 been cited before in this book. Many fish break 

 away on the nine-thread. I know this because I 

 tried it out. Fifteen of those small tuna, one after 

 another, broke my ' line on the first rush. But I 

 believe that was my lack of skill with handling of 

 rod and boat. 



As for Marlin, I have always known that I could 

 take some of these roundbill swordfish on light 

 tackle. But likewise there have been some that 

 could not have been taken so, and these are the 

 swordfish I have fished for. 



Nevertheless, I certainly do not want to detract 

 from Jump's achievements, as I will show. They 

 have been remarkabie. And they have attracted wide 

 attention to the possibilities of light tackle. Thus 

 Mr. Jump has done conservative angling an estimable 

 good, as weU as placed himself in a class alone. 



The use of light tackle by experts for big game fish 

 of the sea has come to be an established practice in 

 American angling. A few years ago, when sport 

 with light tackle was exceptional, it required courage 



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