FILL UP THE RANKS.

Otago Witness, Issue 1957, 23 May 1889, Page 29

FILL UP THE RANKS.

„„„,, ii e f us 'hear ir6m you. You who are • f /nthusing on the art of angling with all the ]n st ent nu * »h» h Give U8 the result of your ex°ence as' far as you have gone. Write out an B^fold°anS?nco Vmarkedto me that « he Hred of the sketches of fishing trips written ffa V*or2eouß word painting by aDglers, espeoi«P in i"SLger raembers of the craf fc -" Thiß M angler bad forgotten his enthusiasm over the i Mnu of his first trout; how his eye was Shed with its beauty of form and colour, and ?« his nerves tingled with a new sensaPn It was so long ago he had forgotten •VTWe had fished many, pools since that time. Sha beautifdl picture, of bending boughs, of fl..hine water and glancing, sunbeams, and, Twa all, the wild rush of an eager trout, had Kme an old story. Sad, that such should be rj™ but too true nevertheless. The enSLissm of youth is only felt in youth by some. There are other men, however, who seem to reJS to a remarkable degree an enthusiastic love ?the sport of 'angling while life lasts. What Sihtful companions such old anglers make! Srfund of information and entertainment leans inexhaustible. Happy the tyro whose ink is cast among such. , , I like to read articles written by young oilers As I read Igo over the same ground Sh them and sympathise with them in their S berant joy, and wish that I could feel the Lme way once more. Young anglers too, will frenuently penetrate to streams and lakea > that St not otherwise be brought to the notice of XL member* of the craft, who will stick to a .ream that they have been accustomed to fish us long as & scale rewards them for their P S % the ranks, young anglers. Let us h e M from you. Tell us all about it Tell us where you have been and what too have done; and, if you have found jnvthing good that we know nothing about, give us the benefit of it and receive the thanks of other anglers.-" Sam Sum," in the American Angler.

S&vcan'st thou tell how worms of moisture breed, Or pike are gendered of the pickerel weed ? Ho£ carp without the parent seed renew, Or slimy eela are formed of genial dew i

"We are all worjtns," cried the preacher. And Bobby whispered to his mother : "Is that the reason why the great big figh swallowed Jonah t The drag net takes the big fish ; The dip net takes the small ; The Cabinet scoopß in daily Big fish, little ones and all.