. Pleasures of angling with rod and reel for trout and salmon . y years, andknows more of the haunts and habits of the sal-mon than any other man in the province. Heis a walking encyclopedia, and finds no greaterpleasure than in dispensing his accumulated wis-dom to those who are anxious to learn. It wasfitting, therefore, that he should have taken thechampion fish of the season — a forty-eight pounder— the grandest trophy attainable to mortal fisher-man. It was a well-meant compliment, uttered PLEASURES OF ANGLING. 43 by the unfortunate punster of our party, when hesaid: This noble fish shall
. Pleasures of angling with rod and reel for trout and salmon . y years, andknows more of the haunts and habits of the sal-mon than any other man in the province. Heis a walking encyclopedia, and finds no greaterpleasure than in dispensing his accumulated wis-dom to those who are anxious to learn. It wasfitting, therefore, that he should have taken thechampion fish of the season — a forty-eight pounder— the grandest trophy attainable to mortal fisher-man. It was a well-meant compliment, uttered PLEASURES OF ANGLING. 43 by the unfortunate punster of our party, when hesaid: This noble fish shall Spurr me on to astill grander achievement. Messrs. Hanfokd and Rolf and Smith andHeadley and Cennet, and still others whosenames but not whose good offices are forgotten,constitute a coterie of anglers and gentlemen(synonyms usually,) of whom any city might beproud, and whom it will always be a pleasure toremember. CHAPTEE TIL WHO WENT A-FI8HING, AND HOW THEYBEACHED THE EIVEE. I now believedThe happy day approachd, nor wereMy hopes deceived. — \ fVERY one, I presume, looks for-ward hopefully to the realizationof some fancied good, or to theattainment of some coveted plea-sure. Life would be even moresombre and leaden than it is butfor this ever-living is the hidden sunshine whichgives to the darkest cloud itssilver lining — the unseen handwhich smoothes the wrinkled front of wearycare. No matter that these pleasant visionsseldom assume the form and substance of reality. Castles in the air have often happier tenantsthan those on terra firma. The enthusiastic angler is never content withminor achievements. His constant expectation isthat every new cast will afford him some new con- PLEASURES OF ANGLING. 45 quest, and that the grand sport of to-day will beexcelled by the grander sport of to-morrow. Ofno others can it be said more truthfully: Hope springs eternal iu the human breast; — hope not merely to capture the best of the fish forwhich he is
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