. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. ^i NOTICE TO ANGLEKS. Every angler is invited to drop us a line occasionally, telling as of the condition of the streaais they have visited and the killing lore of the number and size of the fish caught, or any other item of interest toanglera. Coming Events. April 16-!7 âSan Francisco Fly-Casting Club. Fourth series ol Saturday and Sandav contests, stow Lake, Golden Gate Park. June S-9âWest Michigiu Fiy-C<stiug Association, First Aogling Tournament. Grand Rapids, Mich. Trout Fishing. Yesterday the close season tor trout ended and many a jovial angler
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. ^i NOTICE TO ANGLEKS. Every angler is invited to drop us a line occasionally, telling as of the condition of the streaais they have visited and the killing lore of the number and size of the fish caught, or any other item of interest toanglera. Coming Events. April 16-!7 âSan Francisco Fly-Casting Club. Fourth series ol Saturday and Sandav contests, stow Lake, Golden Gate Park. June S-9âWest Michigiu Fiy-C<stiug Association, First Aogling Tournament. Grand Rapids, Mich. Trout Fishing. Yesterday the close season tor trout ended and many a jovial angler the State has ere this time tested some favorite spot he has marked for the opening days of the angliog season. A writer in Turf, Field ard Farm aptly sings the song of the stream in rythmic prose that would make I. Waiton, Esq., sorry he died. "flow do fishes live in the sea? Long ago Shakespeare answered: 'Why, as men do on land : the great ones eat np the little ones.' There is some truth as well as sarcasm in this. Through fish culture we have made streams that were bereft of life fairly throb with fins and added immensely to the food supply of man. An acre of water, it is stated, prop- erly cultivated, will yield a larger income than an acre of land. The restocking of streams and ponds has furnished to thousands a means of recreation. The boy begins to talk fishing with the swelling of buds and memories of exploits with rod and Hue linger with him long after time has touched his head with silver. We pity the youngster who has never had an opportunity, even by playing truant, to land a fish and carry it home in triumph. He has been deprived of a sensation that brings the brightest glow to a youthful face. The angle worm may be good enough bait for the boy, but when man's estate has been reached greater skill is demanded of him, and the artificial flv must be used in the capture of trout. Robert B. Roosevelt grows eloquent over trout fishing: ' How splendid is th
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