. The complete American and Canadian sportsman's encyclopedia of valuable instruction. Camping; Fishing; Hunting. happen that,'the wind being high, he drifts too fast to fish thoroughly and properly over the ground. To obviate this a stone or an anchor is cast over and allowed to drag along the bottorn, so as to check the way of the boat, and to give time to the angler to fish. A good boatsman and nets- man is here a great desideratum, and much of the chance of sport depends upon him. The great fault of most boatsmen is that they go too quickly over the casts; and it requires a man with a know
. The complete American and Canadian sportsman's encyclopedia of valuable instruction. Camping; Fishing; Hunting. happen that,'the wind being high, he drifts too fast to fish thoroughly and properly over the ground. To obviate this a stone or an anchor is cast over and allowed to drag along the bottorn, so as to check the way of the boat, and to give time to the angler to fish. A good boatsman and nets- man is here a great desideratum, and much of the chance of sport depends upon him. The great fault of most boatsmen is that they go too quickly over the casts; and it requires a man with a knowl- edge of the lake, as well as experience in manag-' ing the boat, so to conduct matters that the angler has the best chance of sport. When rowing to his ground, or from point to point, the angler shoul al- ways put out the spinning minnow and troll deep- ly, and thus he may take one or two of the best fish. As fish do not always lie in the same places, wind and weather have to be sedulously consulted. In fishing from the shore the angler seldom gets the best sport, and often has to wade to reach fish- able water, while best casts .are often beyond his reach; and therefore, whenever a boat can be em- ployed, it is to be preferred for Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Buzzacott, Francis Henry, 1861- [from old catalog]. [Chicago] M. A. Donohue & co
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