Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-03

Izaak Walton once said, angling
may be said to be so like the mathe-
MATES that it can never be fully
learnt" Every year the angler dis
covers something new, either about the
habits of the different denizens Of the
deep or some new kind of lure, etc.
Perhaps that's what makes the sport so
enticing to young and old, men and
women.
WAR HENNING, president Of one Of
the big bait companies, in his Fish
and Feel Fit says:
Almost without exception, the great
characters of history, who were great
because their lives were successfully
dedicated to the cause of humanity and
the advancement of civilization, lived
close to nature and were great lovers of
the out-of doors. The criminal tries to
lose himself in the large cities where
artificial stimulation makes it easier to
ignore a conscience. He shuns the soli-
tudes of nature because in such places
a man cannot go alone with his con-
science if he wishes to continue in his
program of crime. In the great silent
depths of nature man senses God-and
FORCES in his conscience noble convic-
tions that determine his relationship to
all mankind-and inspire him to pur-
sue life of usefulness.
Fishing brings man closer to ma
ture and his God than any other means
of recreation and develops mind that
is clean, wholesome and healthy. Fish
ing creates love of country. and no
person could possess a greater gift than
love of country. It is the foundation
of true Americanism. Health, cleanlt-
ness and satisfaction accompany an
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ship and the realization of the phrase
fish and feel 1T"
President Hoover said "the day is
coming when there Is going to be a
premium on solitude. If a man can
find a piece of land anywhere in this
country where he can't hear a bell ring
or a whistle blow, that's the place he'll
want for home"
THE real anglers appreciate the bene-
fits received from even one days
outing on some stream where he gets
his coat of tan and is away from the
city's noises and the smell of exhausts
from the thousands of automobiles, but
at the same time he wants to feel, &C.
casionally, tug at his line and the
matching of his skill with the willy tao
tics of some fish, and every kind of fish
puts up a different kind of a struggle.
1t is to furnish the angler with just
such thrill that the Washington, D.
c., Chapter of the Izaak Walton League
of America is bending its efforts. First
and foremost, the local chapter intends
to restore the Potomac River between
the Little and Great Falls to something
of its original state in the matter of
fish life. This stream was the second
home of the small-mouth bass, these
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Mississippi Valley regions years ago.
They thrived and, until pollution and
the evils of illegal methods in catching
them had almost depleted their num-
Der, the Potomac was one Of the best
bass streams in this section of the
country.
When the Maryland Legislature
passed law several years ago requiring
license to fish in the Potomac above
tidewater, 1t helped materially to re-
store the desired condition, but not en-
tirely, by any means. It Is the intention
Of the local chapter to see that thou
sands Of small-mouth bass, flngerlings
and yearlings, are planted this season,
The help of the United States Bureau
of Fisheries and the Maryland Conser-
walton Commission has been promised,
and the first shipment received will be
planted in the river from Sycamore
Island.
A MOTHER matter Of equal or perhaps
"A greater Importance is the pollution
of the Potomac River and Rock Greek
Much has been said about this condi-
ton but nothing done. The committee
on pollution of the local chapter is
composed of six physicians. This COM
mittee is going to get samples of water
from different places in both streams
and place the result of their analysis
before the proper authorities.