Rod and gun . - hadread and heard of the pugnacious charac-ter of this giant of the inland were seldom disappointed, andwhile for the most part the catches werecarefully packed in ice and shipped toincredulous friends in distant parts of theUnited States, one could often see half adozen monsters hanging up in cold stor-age, awaiting the deft manipulation of theexpert chef to occupy a place on the menuof the Algonquin. A well-known Cornwall clergvman, a 42 ROD AND GUX IX CANADA. A Neiv Yorker and His 35 lb. Lunge. devoted follower of Izaak Walton, wasunusually successful last summer
Rod and gun . - hadread and heard of the pugnacious charac-ter of this giant of the inland were seldom disappointed, andwhile for the most part the catches werecarefully packed in ice and shipped toincredulous friends in distant parts of theUnited States, one could often see half adozen monsters hanging up in cold stor-age, awaiting the deft manipulation of theexpert chef to occupy a place on the menuof the Algonquin. A well-known Cornwall clergvman, a 42 ROD AND GUX IX CANADA. A Neiv Yorker and His 35 lb. Lunge. devoted follower of Izaak Walton, wasunusually successful last summer. Intwo June days he boated no less thanseven Lunge, weighing from 12 to 23pounds each and in July and Septemberhad almost equally good catches up to 30and 35 pounds. Sheriff Mack of Cornwall, another en-thusiastic angler, proved himself equallyable to take care of the fish in the riveras the prisoners in the Cornwall gaol, andin one July afternoon captured a coupleof big Lunge within an hour, weighing23 and 37 pounds. The Lunge is quite a fighter. Lntilrecent years the common practice was totroll with a hand line that would lift 100lbs., and when a big fellow was hookeddrag him out hand over hand with nomore chance to escape than a led he was hauled to the boat side thestruggle was ended with a gaff and ablow on the back of the neck and thelucky fisherman bragged about it all sum-mer. Nowadays it is usually a question ofsport, with steel rods and light takes a
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