The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-07-20

box Cumrl.tely furnished To catch fish
surely. sw iftly and m m"St scientific fashion
one mus, have the tools
II il probable that With Inferior imple-
menis our granifathers caught moro hsk
than We do, bu, that ~a- h~csuss there
~ere NOR" hsh. The OH story 81 the city
angler with costly QUITE golns a Ions day
without = scsl~ or I'm to show for his trouble
rhil. m. oue-glllus.d country how with
hickory tv,ls. single ron hook and can ~
worms shows up With thirty pounds Of has
Or trout brook j. pretty. hut like many
Other pretty stories u II not true and never
was trpe
The etv angler with the costly ou'nt III
outpoin' Tho country hoy M 10 I and never
turn a hair. not orIy h"cau-" he has better
tackle hur alsn because h" know. more
ahou' fish and fishing r." city nan out
fishing has devoted some brains and time
to mastering The pursuit. the country boy
has i--n too busy driving IN" COWS home
or ~rtttng out p.tatoes IN know n great DIAL
about ANYTHING el-e
Every I'D angler has his peculiar CROTCH
ars and hsliefa a. 10 the vain" ~ certain
liuc- and 'lre-. He Is welded 20 HIS idols
and IL willir & Z" argue all dav about them
and no man NAV hope 20 change him but
there are many men nov -e'ting out upon
their vacations ~ho do not know u all and
advice is good for them They will newt
ably commit many mistakes IN purch ,stng
their supplies. but = gentle hint here and
there may do them good.
To tsgtn with the tackle-ho1 itsalf II
viii b. " tin. either jspanned or painted
green. and will hsvc various compsrt-
meu,s The boSe- differ slightly in interior
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anothsr
There are iIs' two kinds. however. which
are ~ u@a and ANYTHING between hem 10 q
t-lusion \ man should hav" a y"rv large
hov. ~av fftr"u inches long, ~ "ixh' vid~
which will carry u great amount NJ tsckl~.
NJ hr should have q v~ry small one, sav
-iS inches long ny three vile and an inch
deep. which viii carry very little.
one i, ln,endei Tor thu boat. 'hs other
FOR the PACKET Siyos be' we-n will he found
10 h. too zig FOR he pocket and TOO small
for The boat Thev are a constant VEGA
tion. since thew do not hold enough for the
rim and vet NAV not h~ carried conven-
emily on a dsv's fishing
In the matter 81 rods there h q vide
dive's'y q tastes. II IL q fact. however
thai 'hr steel rod Is = cheap rod and The
most durable made also that II has nor the
spring of word and cannot hsv. IL
A man will do better casting with 4
wooden Tod. which will oost him more
and will nov las' - long Bamboo. dagana
lance and g~rrenheart al are ~pleasanter
10 the hand and -rni he bar further The
bamboo. unless - me fnas' and co-lies'
make. y apt 20 CONS. apart when we,
often the others all GET a bond 20 them
and must bs s'rairhtened each night or
thev will 10 permanently crooked
'e.l roi- NAV - had ~ rel all from - $
when furnished with metal rings for Ruide
up 10 81 when the first guide and me up
are agate lined ~ course a man cannot
ge, a thoroughly trustworthy wooden
rod A. those prices
Nearly all angIer- able % AFFORD thsrn
usa the finer wooden rods Reference
l. had here 20 haIr rods intended 20 be-
used in casting In trolling for heavy Ash
like the mu-hallon ?. the steel i the only
rod.
The nook Is he tool which goes into the
fsh and In a important A. any part Of the
outfit II he angler does not know the
water he intends 20 visit. he must purchase
a supply of all kinds, the open-fs0ed Gin
c,nnAti haSs being as good AZ anything
81 its like
But " he intends 20 90 20 any one Of
tho interior lakes, which are w-eiy. almost
without exception, he will find that the
weedle>s hook will H. the thing The
chances ara ths, he will not W., one open
faced hook during the summer
There ara MANY kinds Of weedless hooks
their merits voluhlv -~t forth bv thor
makers. hur IN general they are all good
enough A hook q regular lass sire with
- ,,.l N,,A all .,...x Ill .a,,r
ments whether II he guarded from weeds
hy a slight wire. OF hv a wire With a pellet
~ J. nj AZ II lower end. OF by a curved steel
I've 4
n 10 m, worth While for tho angler 20 buy
any vceiless hook which has hot the sinksr
attached 10 he shank 81 the hook The
lead on tho shank serves Two purpoSs-it
obviate- N" necessity % attaching a sinker
to the line and ~ keep the hook In tho proper
position in the water, thus keeping the bait
In proper position
Mary = man has felt hi. temper grow
warmer ard lo-t all enjoyment when
through a long afternoon the frog or minnOw
persisted In returning 20 the boat belly M,
turning always upon ~ back when ~ struck
the water The halt will do hts with
strang- perver-enc-- unless the hooks
shark lie loaded
This kind of hook casts much better than
others. II costs more than the unleaded
ones, bu, l. worth tho money.
A man will. Of cour~e, put sinkers and
~s~ivel. into his tackle boz a. they msy
IL had FOR a cent a piece and . dorm OF each
NAV com" IN handy
II may b. ssid ~ artificial lures that In
general they are worthless. Possibly a
hundred varieties are offered to the public
and 81 them all not Ave are worth pur-
chasing.
Many arr cruel and unsportsmanlike
Artificial minuowS. frogs. h~"lgramitcs and
crawhsh. phsntom mtnrows. phn-phores-
cent lures. aluminium lures. cylindrical IN
shapc, and skipping along on IA" top ~ the
water, rubber "ar'hworn-. papier mach"
mcp-tro~it,c~ all com" under THE heading,
~. too. With IN. variou. noude-cript
things made partly of metal ard partly
~ highly color-d feather one manu-
facturcr got gu, this sTTii.g u lure made of a
lar &c curved hook aud q bunch at feathers
of the most brilliant crimson Imaginable,
n crimson 20 make IA. eyes ache
lie laid that u wac AZ tnfallihl. hass
hvpno,is"r and sold a good many q them
u wAs found that thist thing Was e no Nalu.
With black or O-weso hass. but II ~et the
rock hsis- crazy. They went aftct " as far
% they could $50 B, and threw themselves
or the hook With violence
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