THE GAME FISHES OF THE WORLD 



a discussion, and it was particularly interesting to me, an Ameri- 

 can honorary member, to observe the intense interest the Sea 

 Anglers had in the subject, and how seriously they took it. At 

 the end of the year these papers are published in a journal or 

 magazine, so become permanent contributions to the history of 

 the Club and of great value in providing accurate data to all 

 Great Britain. 



The Society has a perfect organization for obtaining informa- 

 tion, having over five hundred agents all alongshore in Ireland, 

 England and Scotland, who report to the Society at stated times ; 

 so members know exactly what to expect in any day's fishing, 

 or can telephone to the club-room and obtain from the secretary 

 just the desired information. Aside from this, the Society pub- 

 lishes for the benefit of its members a small red book, which can 

 be slipped into the pocket, and which contains a veritable fund 

 of valuable information regarding all the conditions of interest 

 to an angler at all the important points in Great Britain and 

 Ireland. 



Here we have the name of a good fishing-place, a hotel that is 

 kno^n to be of the first class, the name of the club agent, the 

 name of a good boatman who will not rob one, the list of fishes 

 which can be caught under fair and favourable circumstances ; 

 in fact, a complete history of the place and situation. What 

 this means to an angler who has but a limited time to spare, only 

 the angler knows who has gone to a new ground and has been 

 obliged to spend several days in obtaining just these data which 

 the red book provides. It is to cover this point that the Tuna 

 Club began its reciprocal arrangements with various clubs, and 

 to-day it has a friendly alliance with the British Sea Anglers 

 Society, the Fly Fishers, the Casting Club of France, the Aransas 

 Pass (Texas) Tarpon Club, the Asbury Park Fishing Club, the 

 St. Petersburg Tarpon Club, to the effect that each club agrees 

 to extend its courtesies to accredited visitors or members of 

 other clubs. Thus when any member of any of these clubs ar- 

 rives at Santa CataUna and presents a card of introduction to 

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