SOME FISH AND SOME FISHING 



generally arrives supplied with tackle galore, 

 for his visit has made him wise. 



If you are unfortunate enough to lose a 

 fish, it is the boatman who is disappointed, 

 for he feels that it is his reputation as a 

 fisherman that has been injured by your 

 mistakes or your misfortune, and you rise 

 or fall in his estimation according to your 

 skill, or often your luck, in landing fish, 

 for his reputation depends upon the fish that 

 are brought home and weighed. 



The amount of sport a fisherman enjoys 

 at Catalina on his first visit to the island 

 depends greatly upon the boatman he 

 employs to guide him in his piscatorial 

 efforts, for there are boatmen a-plenty to 

 be had but they are not all good fishermen 

 as well. 



I remember the experience of a friend of 

 mine a few years ago. He arrived at Avalon 

 full of expectation and, having read Pro- 

 fessor Holder's books and learned much of 

 the ability and fishing knowledge of one 

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