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OB THE PRACTICE OP ANGLING. 
The Artificial Fly, so much used in England, finds but 
little favor in this country, not because it is not as good a bait 
but because more skill is required in using it , cons equen y 
many of our Anglers only fish in the spring months, when the 
water is thick and turbid, and the worm call be used, white 
the more experienced sportsman from foreign parts, will 
astonish the native by his dexterity in throwing the fly and kill- 
ing an almost incredible number of fish, where the unbehev 
regarded the fly as a useless article of tackle. There are 
some that attain to greater proficiency in fly-fishing than 
others, as is the case with almost any kind of sport. But the 
dull necessary to success in this branch of our subject, is not 
so great as the novice imagines : certainly it is the more gen- 
teel, as well as the most pleasant mode, as those who have 
successfully tried it can testify. It is therefore to be hoped 
it will be more generally adopted by 
All who seek the lake or brook, 
With rod aud line, and float and hook. 
Great improvements have been made within a few years 
in the manufacture of artificial baits. Every variety ot fish 
and insect lias been most successfully imitated, defying almost 
the scrutiny of the Angler, and certainly the object of his 
sport. These improvements every brother of the ting e 
should adopt, and thereby remove the objections ot the few 
who oppose the art on Bacon and Byronic grounds.t 
As the enjoyment of angling naturally makes the sports- 
man a keen observer, he should pay particular attention to 
the winds, those 
* Parties arc often made up in England for fishing in the Canadas 
and the United States. ... 
t llyrou and Bacon both objectod to angling on account of the neces- 
sity which iheu existed of using various live animals on the hook as baits. 
