. Pleasures of angling with rod and reel for trout and salmon . n. Itwas a custom I had met nowhere else in all mywanderings. Taking the steamboat at Paspebiac, we had a 204 PLEASURES OF ANGLING. pleasant two days sail through the Gulf of to Quebec, thence by rail to Montrealand home — grateful for what we had enjoyed,and hopeful of the return of another season whenwe shall again be able to go a-fishing. Trout Fishing in the Adirondack. CHAPTER XXVI. VISIT TO THE ADIRONDACKS IN 1873 WHEN TO FISH —- A STATE PARK POEEST MEDICINE. Angling is somewhat like poetry: men are to be born so
. Pleasures of angling with rod and reel for trout and salmon . n. Itwas a custom I had met nowhere else in all mywanderings. Taking the steamboat at Paspebiac, we had a 204 PLEASURES OF ANGLING. pleasant two days sail through the Gulf of to Quebec, thence by rail to Montrealand home — grateful for what we had enjoyed,and hopeful of the return of another season whenwe shall again be able to go a-fishing. Trout Fishing in the Adirondack. CHAPTER XXVI. VISIT TO THE ADIRONDACKS IN 1873 WHEN TO FISH —- A STATE PARK POEEST MEDICINE. Angling is somewhat like poetry: men are to be born so—I mean with inclinations to it, though both may be height-ened by discourse and practice. But he that hopes to be agood angler must not only bring an inquiring, searching, ob-serving wit, but he must bring a large measure of hope andpatience, and a love and propensity to the art itself. Buthaving once got and practiced it, then doubt not but thatangling will be so pleasant that it will prove to be, like vir-tue, a reward to itself.—[Sir Izaak HAVE discovered that many besideexperts take pleasure in readingwhatever is said in praise of ang-ling. They have the good tasteto appreciate a healthful amuse-ment which they have not theleisure to enjoy. I made this dis-discovery many years ago, whenI began a series of letters fromThe Woods, which I kept upwithout intermission until that summer of disas-ters when McClellan led so many of our braveboys to defeat and death. It seemed like mockeryto draw pleasant pictures or speak of personal 208 PLEASURES OF ANGLING. enjoyments when the whole nation was in tears,when ten thousand Rachels were weeping fortheir children, and when the shadow of deathhung like a pall over the whole land. So, fromthat time to this I have made no record of thesedelightful excursions. Although I have been thussilent for so many years, with the exception of asingle summer (of sad memory), I have been per-mitted to enjoy my months sport, always aw
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