The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1883-05-10
Fishing Is a Fine Art.

! Horace Greeley was always going
fishing, but he never went, and busy
life abruptly terminated. The tension
ed cords which received no relaxation,
suddenly snapped asunder. There is
no other diversion, perhaps, which al
fords so much relaxation for men of all
nations, classes, and ages of people SIS
fishing in all its various WAYS and
methods. Some idea may be derived
of the large attention which fishing has
received. from the fact that the
'.Bibliothica Piscatoria." Just published.
gives the names OF 2,496 different vol
umes on fishing. Perhaps the most in
tereSting of all these, next to Isaac
Walton, is the volume soon to be brought
out IN this country, written by the lste
David Foster, of Burton-on-Trent. Enr-
land, who gives vivid descriptions of
salmon, trout andpike fishing. The su-
periority of tly-fishing over all other
systems of angling is he claims, uni
yersally acknowle dyed.
The ever-eXciting nature of surface
fishing adds a zest to the sport, un-
known to the other branches of the art
piscatorial. The high pitch of expecta-
ton experienced as the rising fish dainti-
ly '.plop' off the insects around, ex-
tends highly exhilarating influence
over both mind and body The whole
OF the faculties are thus concentrated
In one focus, ever stimulating TO still
greater earnestness and efficiency. 1t is
owing to these characteristics, this scope
for science and skin, that this sport is
and has been the chosen recreation of
men OF the greatest celebrity and the
highest attainments of modern times.
Since the time of Walton the anpler's
skill has advanced wondrouslv, while
keenness OF perception and wariness
have developed amongst the denizens of
the liquid element in a decree ouite
proportiouate.
The adept at flying for trout, when at
WORK IN real earnest upon the banks of
well stocked stream, is striking figure.
exemplary of the true fisherman. The
gracefully erect, though expectant atti-
tude, che latter assumed upon the de,
livery of the fly, the slender pliahle
rod, the long floating line and gossamer
gut, combine TO constitute an ideal rod
ster,
A thorough command of the rod and
line is as essential and important as the
welding of the whip in the case of a
tandem or q four-in-hand drive. The
most skillful cast known in Europe
welded the whip; we refer to the IA
nous Royal coachman, Tom Bosworth:
Old Tom had, in the early part of his
life, driven three British Sovereirns.
viz. Fourth George, the Fourth
William, and finally. for heightened
period, Her Majesty Queen Victoria.
As successful fisherman, Old Tom
was unsurpassed. He would often fish
IN the wake of several rodsters. whose
energy would succeed their skill, and
would extract not infrequently three
times their weight of fish, by skillfully
and carefully casting over the awkward
and most unlikely looking spots, which
the majority of anglers would rarely
dream of trying. A favorite freak of
his with the whip was to take the pipe
from the teeth OF a passing pedestrian
by carefully calculated whirl of the
lash, and this aptitude was rs remark
ably eXemplified, for limited distance.
in his use of the rod. Rosworth origin
ated the Coachman Fly, so much ap-
preicated for night fishing g.-Americd,s
Agriculturjst for Nay.