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Fishing m Amebicajt Waters. 



SKITTEEING* FOE PICKEEBL AMONG THE LILT-PADS. 



' ' Now changed the tackle and the bait ; 

 For larger prey we're all elate ; 

 'Mong lily-pads none vainly tries ; 

 The line runs off — a noble prize ! 

 Give time to poach — now strike! 



" Now seeks his haunt the wounded prey, 

 ■ And then begins the angler's play ; 

 He lengthens out, now slackens line, 

 Till struggles past — a welcome sign — 

 He lands a glorious pike ! 



Chorus. — The jolly angler's is the life. 



Devoid of care, devoid of strife.'' 



Angling for pickerel among the lily-pads and pickerel-weed 

 is very exciting sport. The angler should use a rod from 1 3 

 to 15 feet long, flexible, but strong. For skittering a float 

 is not used, nor is natural bait the best. Use Buel's or 

 M'Harg's spoons, mounted with red ibis feather, and white 



* Skittering is a word which belongs to an angler's vocabulary, but not 

 found in a dictionary. It means drawing or jerking a bait along the top of 

 the water. 



