New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1892-01-06
..DO YOUR OWN FISHING.

Il
volume Of wisdom in the advice Of the
elder man to the younger, when wish
ing for fish, not to stand idly looking
at others, but get line, cut pole, dig
bait and 'spitch in.'' No man ever got
ahead in life by standing with staring
eyes and hands deeply thrust in pockets
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. The scaly
swimmers will not 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.
Lslling on the banks, in the shade, will
never, fill your basket. and you will be
certain to 60 hungry for all the break
fast you will gain in that manner. 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 fool of
itself, and INDUCED in a later nap, it
wouldn't be caught, and the ambitious
bird would return to it's nest minus.
The theory is comforting, no doubt, but
the practice is starvation. Some worm
will be out and some bird will catch it.
II one particular squirmer escape one
particular swift-darting songster, it
would become the food of q second.
That is a fixed fact in nature. Some
body has got to secure the prize; and
the one who is the earliest and most in
tent 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 the Indian and the
turkey buzzardp 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 has no rightful claim.
1t is the catcher who has the best title,
and possession is - you know what the
law says of it. Rig up your own tackle
and attend to your own line. Bait your
hooks and throw in your flies. If the
stream is deep, don't fear to wade; if
rocky, risk fall. Then what you get
will be your own and there will be no
grumbling about fair play. Get hook
and line and pole and sinker and go to
work like man. The world is vast
fish pond, and in it swim The prizes
the trout of 5usiR sss. 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 will not answer,
Fishing in life must be real and earnest;
must employ time and brain and mus
Gle: is no child's play; for others are
desperately striving to be foremost, and
if you let your rod rest unused upon
the bank, and don't keep your line free
from snarls, and-neglect your bait, the
stream will flow uselessly to you, and
the school Of golden-scaled fish will
swim past, and never bite.
You cannot worm yourself into sue
oessful business and wealth without
strong and continued effort. It is the
head against the current all the time,
and the little minnows have to fight to
keep the great whales from sucking in
and swallowing them up. You must
catch the flood 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 10 ''strike,"
ar sink the hook so deep there can be
no 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 yourself as much az
possible in the nature of things, and do
notindolently trust to another. Select
the best place, and keep ''bobbing''
until it is fished dry before even think
ing of moving. Changing 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
we'll to the rod, the reel, the line, the
leader, the sinker, and use the .smost
killing and dainty morsels, and be rea-
dy when the rush comes. Another can
not do business-at least will not, as a
rule-one-half as we'll as you can your
self.
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