. The boy anglers; their adventures in the Gulf of Mexico, California, the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, and the lakes and streams of Canada. Fishing; Fishes. H THE BOY ANGLERS for the oriole that tried to sew up the big leaves of an Abyssinian banana. There were several nests of ori- oles in the garden, others of the humming-birds, and the long, soft, pendulous nest of the bushtit was an especial prize and never disturbed. The orders were given and without waste of time the boys began their preparations. Each possessed a leather tackle-box about eighteen inches in length, made for the purpose,
. The boy anglers; their adventures in the Gulf of Mexico, California, the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, and the lakes and streams of Canada. Fishing; Fishes. H THE BOY ANGLERS for the oriole that tried to sew up the big leaves of an Abyssinian banana. There were several nests of ori- oles in the garden, others of the humming-birds, and the long, soft, pendulous nest of the bushtit was an especial prize and never disturbed. The orders were given and without waste of time the boys began their preparations. Each possessed a leather tackle-box about eighteen inches in length, made for the purpose, compact and snug. In it was a tuna-reel, to be used also for black sea- bass and tarpon. This was of the size known as "tuna " and easily held six hundred feet of number twenty-one cuttyhunk line. The reels were of rubber and German silver, as carefully made as a watch. This tuna-reel rested in its special leather box with a chamois lining in a compartment in the center, and by it, each in a compartment, were two other reels; one for yellowtail, holding three hundred feet of number twenty-one line—this for fishes up to fifty pounds in weight. Another held two hundred and fifty feet of number twelve, or a smaller line. This was intended for rock-bass, and was virtually a black- bass reel, though used for sea-fishes. In other compart- ments were various articles used in sea fishing. Among the hooks were a dozen Van Vlecks—silver-tinted tuna- hooks, with leaders of wire seven feet in length; these. 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 Holder, Charles Frederick, 1851-1915. New York, D. Appleton
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