162 Fisnine Iv Amertcan WarTERS. 
CHAPTER II. 
FLY-FISHING ON MASSAPIQUA LAKE, 
FLy-FIsHine from boats or punts on ponds and lakes forms 
a most interesting branch of the art of angling. The tackle 
is fine, and the boat comfortable. When the pond covers not 
more than fifty acres, the oarsman rows across from side to 
side without turning the boat, but merely changing his seat 
and sculls; thus the angler, at the bow when crossing first, is 
at the stern while returning, and the oarsman continues to 
cross and recross the water back and forth, with sufficient lee- 
way to prevent the water being twice fished over. The an- 
gler must needs be ambidexterous, for he must change hands 
every time the water is crossed. On the trout lakes border- 
ing the Adirondacks the boats are very light, and finely con- 
structed of narrow and thin cedar boards, very closely braced 
