The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-01-07
DO Your own Fishing.

! There was volume OF wisdom In the
advice Of the elder man to the younger
when wishing for fish, not to stand idly
looking at others, but get line, cut q
pole, dig bait, and "pitch in"
No man ever got ahead In life by
standing with staring ayes and gaping
mouth and hands deeply thrust in peck.
cts watching others. Cutting bait and
stringing fish after they were caught,
and wishing, never yet amounted to
anything. You have got to hold the
pole yourself and angle for the best fish.
The scaly swimmers wont come on
shore to be caught. You have to ego
for them" in the most seductive fashion
and endure the labor and the sweat OF
the taking. Lolling on the banks, in
the shade, will never fill your basket,
and you will be certain to 60 hungry
for all the breakfast you will gain in
that manner-see if you don't.
Get up early and catch the worm and
then the fish. Don't be everlastingly
the sluggard. There is no sense in the
plea that if the worm didn't make a
fool of itself, and INDUCED in later nap,
it wouldn't be caught, and the ambi-
tious bird would return to its nest mi
nus. The theory is comforting, no doubt,
but the practice is starvation. Some
worm will be out and some bird will
catch it. If one particular sqlirmer
escape one particular swift : darting
songster, it will become the food of a
second. That is fixed fact in nature.
Somebody has got to secure the prize;
and the one who is the earliest and most
intent upon the search will be the man.
Do your own fishing. Trusting to
another will give you very small
share of the spoils. No such division
of labor ever yet resulted in satisfaction
or in fortune. You remember the story
of the white man and Indian and the
turkey and the turkey buzzard? Well,
that's about how it will be. He who
gains the prize will be likely to retain
it, and he should. The mere watcher
who has the best title and possession is
you kHGW what the law says of it.
Rig up your own tackle and attend to
your own line. Don't be forever fol-
lowing the miserable example of old
Rip Van Wrinkle, and "doing chores"
for others. 1t don't pay. Bait your
own hooks and throw in your own flies.
If the stream il deep, don't fear to wade;
if rocky, risk fall. Then what you
get will be yoursown and there will be
no grumbling about fair play.
Get hook and line and pole and sink
er and 60 to work like man. The
world is a vast fish pond, and in it swim
the prizes - salmon Of business. No
matter what you hook, sucker or trout,
it has some value; and the earlier you
are up, and the more strictly you attend
to what there is to do, the more likely
you will not remain empty-handed.
Whistling carelessly around wont ans
wer. Fishing in life must be real and
earnest; must employ time and brain
and muscle is no childs play; for 9TH
ers are desperately striving to be fore
most, and if you let your rod rest unus-
ed upon the bank, and don't keep your
line free from snarls, and neglect your
bait, the stream will flow uselessly to
you along, and the school of golden
scaled fish swim past, and never bite.
You cannot yorm yourself into sue
cessful business and wealth without
strong and continued effort. 1t is the
head against the current all the time,
and the little min4ows have to fight to
keep the great whales from sucking in
and swallowing them up. You must
catch the food and take care the ebb
does not catch you. You must be alert
and wary have quick eyes and quick
hands and stout nerves. When the cork
goes under, be ready to "strike," and
sink the hook SO deep there can he 10
escape. You must do your own fishing
or you will never see scale or fin, save
to envy another.
Do your own fishing. Act for your
self as much as possible in the nature
of things, and don't indolently trust to
another. Select the best place, and
keep "bobbing" until it is fished dry
before ever thinking ofmoving. Chang
ing about with every wind that blows
is almost as bad as not throwing line
at all. Bait is not generally taken at
the first cast, and the public has been
gulled SO often it is shy about taking
the hook. Look well to the rod, the
reel, the line, the leader, the sinker, and
use the "most killing" and dainty NOR
sells, and be ready when the rush comes.
Another cannot do business-at least,
will not, as rule-one-haf as well as
you can yourself.
Do your own fishing if you would be
with the result. Stop loafing
around whiStling land Whiskying y.