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Show fcA j I I1I& Or FCR QP iBl I H 17 BN EAD Jzank Walt0D's "Complent H I I I B Angler" if you wnnt to be con- B 1 verted at once into an enthusias- M I 8v tlc fislieriv'omnu- lonPcr "' it be possible for you to Bcoff at M ' the Truly delightful sport and m when once the game is tried and a little H proficiency pained another disciple is H surely found for that ancient fisherman HI of England's Peak country H But it is now said the first book on H angling was not written by Izaak "Walton, H but by a woman, Dame .Tulicnu Barnard, HI the prioress of the nunnery of St. Albans, H ( whose book "The Treatise' of Fishing H with an Anglo" Is still extant. And ever H since her time, some four hundred years m ago, fishing hap. been a favorite sport, h among womankind. R , It is stated on very positive authority Hj I that fish are really not couscious of pain H ( and that their terror of the rod is only a M fear of the unknown. A legend lias M been taught them in connection with the B curious long shadow which stretches at m l best food time across their watery H ' heavens that many of their bravest an- HK ccstors have been mysteriously spirited Hit out of existence The young fisherwoman 1 can therefore be as bloodthirsty -as she H, will, for neither the worm with which she H' baits her hook for "bottom" fishing nor I, the fish which sho proudly plays to land H; is actually buffering. Iw Everything about the sport of fishing is H'l so thoroughly delightfnl the. long, peace- H ful hours, when the noisiest companion H ' must be quiet if a good day's haul is to H be made; the lovely lake or stream, where H . ' one can enjoy the beauty of the clouds H J and the country half consciously while H ; j constantly Hipping back and forth the H I supple rod and length of flight string, H with which one soon becomes as proficient H as the cowboy with his lasso. ' H v l T is aid to be wiser to do some prac- IT ' I Using In a lonely field or from a roof ' top before attempting real 'fly fishing Hi i with rod and reel, and to do' this prnc- f 1 tise without a hook, for that tiny hit , ; of metal on the end of the lin is, in the I ' hands of an amateur, n weapon more dread and dangerous than any hatpin 1 ever worn. It is said that in learning the art of 1 s ' fly casting if it is not possible to procure a I regular coach or teacher the next best thing is the companionship of another ' ' uuiatcur. Two persons practising to gether for an hour a day each with u book , 1 of instructions of which there are I j many and carefully watching and criticising criti-cising tho other's throws, become fairly I ' I expert at the end of a fortnight. Ouce L. i they have acquired the knack and can swing the line a good fifty feet and porno ' i within a few inches of the object aimed I at, then they can try their luek iu open I ( i water. ' The girl who desires a new amusement I this summer and has decided to add to 5 her already fair list of accomplishments I that of being an expert fly caster should I begin her practising at once. Already the MR fishing season is well on its way and who r h knows but that when the father or plder j brother sees how much in earnest she has I become and how clever she Is with her ' I rod and line an invitation will bo ex- , tended to go on one of these fascinnt- I ing fishing trips to Canada or the Maine '! Jly casting a fashionable b p CCOMTLISHMENT TOR THE YOUNG Z -v. k-.. 5 GIRL 5 Th v rKt&Mt& . era WFiMMMmmmmMlmimwA lakes? Could there be a more delightful experience to look forward to? I rROM now on, therefore, she should start off every afternoon with rod and line for the practice ground. When' a field with sufficiently wide area has been found, marly your stand and measure from it about twenty-five or thirty feet. There place a folded newspaper, held down by stones or similar weights placed on the corners. This target should bo about two feet square and of several thicknesses, that a hit may be distinguished distin-guished from a miss by the rustic of the line on the paper. This practice ground should be as smooth as possible, so an ordinary grain field will not serve. Any ordinary grass plot will answer, however The first thing to acquire is the back-cast back-cast do not bother about the forward cast until fairly proficient with the backward back-ward swing and bore is where the criticism criti-cism of a companion is necessary, for there can be no mirrors in a field to judge by. The rod is held in the right hand with the thumb extended along the wood. Throw the end of the rod upward and back just a trifle beyond the perpendicular, perpendicu-lar, holding the elbow in close to the side and with the forearm raised not beyond an angle of forty-five degrees with the horizon. Much depends in casting upon the suppleness of the wrist, for upon the free action of the wrist movement is perfection per-fection in fly fishing to be obtained. From tho very beginning the amateur sportswoman sports-woman should form a habit of keeping her body and her unemployed arm perfectly per-fectly stilL Only thus will her castiug be both graceful and successful. The conch must tell carefully whenever when-ever the cast is too low. If care is taken when learning it is not difficult to achieve a clean, high cast, but once the habit is formed of allowing the line to fall too low, so that the hook, perhaps, will dip In the wntcr, it will bo found hard to overcome. over-come. A stiff rod may be thrown slightly further back at the bhoulder than a very flexible rod, which bends back of itself. The coach must reprimand the pupil severely se-verely every time the forward impulse ih given before the line has extended to the limit of its length. A second or two must be allowed the line to straighten ittolf out, but soon one learns to feel almost by' i 1 1 . . . .i (ill Ready to Land a Catch Photo by Jessie Tarbox Beats i instinct the exact psychological moment ( for the forward thrust. Not until each of the two ajnatcurs starting start-ing in in this way to learn the sport together, to-gether, each coaching the other, has become be-come expert in the back hwing should the forward motiou be attempted, for if this tis practised before the first has been thoroughly mastered perfection will never be attained. To mate the line fall gently upon the mark, the end reaching it first, is what is to be strhen for. To accomplish accom-plish this the rod is thrown forward by a movement principally of the wrist, the forearm being brought down to somewhat rts than right angles with the body but the rod still held nt a sharper angle than this. One should cast not at the mark, but na though the bull's eye were three or four feet nbove its actunl position. "When the line has unfolded almobt its futiro length the point of the rod should be raised about two feet to turn the line point foremost and to cause the end to alight first. Strength is "never necessary in casting, and that cast is most perfect with which least force is employed and there is evidence evi-dence of least exertion. Another point to perfect is to make the motion of the rod through the air ns nearly as possible noiseless. A long cast Is not necessarily an evidence evi-dence of perfect fishing. Better master the art of attaining success in casting over the left shoulder and then sideways, moving mov-ing the rod nearly horizontally with fifty-fhe fifty-fhe to sixty feet of line, and there rest content. This is long enough for the most bkillcd angler. First learn to accomplish a good cast with thirty feet of line before be-fore striving after thirty-five feet, and 60 on. Master thoroughly each new length of line before practising greater length nnd do not add more than three extra feet at most a day. THE strike is now to be learned, and this part of the game, since it must j also be purely automatic, can with the rest of the 'art be icquired without approaching the water. Again, to learn this a companion is the greatest aid by calling out the word "strike" at a moment when the line having Deen cast out is being easily trailed along the ground. At the command the line is retrieved nt once. When skill has "been accomplished In this department the cqach enn signal by simply dropping a pebble on the paper mark, the strike .following the instant the, pebble falls ' It Is bald that girls and women arc especially difficult to teach to strike with sufficient quickness. Yet the important i part in ull fishing is promptness to respond re-spond to a rie without a suspicion of hestltnncy. The beginner should really' try to snatch the fly auay before the fish i which he aces hovering near can possibl reach It; In this w.ij she has some elmnc of hooking her prey, but he has no hop otherwise until that sure quick dexterit has been mastered. Again it must b reiterated that the secret of successfu tlyoasting lies in supple wrist moxemen and perfection of the back cast. But after all, practice alone can mak perfect and there must be practice will real fly, real fish and real wafer, nfter tho rudiments arc once niastorfd. The chances nrc that the sirl who has had sufllcieni patience to bring herself to a state of half expertness by following the rules just laid down will no longer be nblc to contain her cnlhuMnsm and will start off in sensible woollen garments, rigged out with rod, reel, creel and net to try her proficiency and 1it hick. ONE word about tho fishing costume-surely costume-surely an item of interest for the lishr-girl. If you would become a genuine trout fishcress mnke up your mind to many sousings, for tho beginner inevitably will experience many a tumble from blippfry rocks into the pools or streams. Long rubber boots are a wise precaution, in spite of their weight. Wnol-jlen Wnol-jlen stockings and woollen underwear are obligator, for there Is danger of cold af-Iter af-Iter a welting if there is only cotton next wmmm Wwmmmmmmi'mHM y tho skin, and with n quick, change lo dry e garments nfter the tramp home there is ejuo reason why this should not be as y 'healthful a tport as any other, o Just one more hint, girls, if you would ho il successful yoursehes and be popular with it your boy companions on a fishing excursion excur-sion namely, do not wear bright colors. c'l'Msh have been proml peculiarly sensi-hjthe sensi-hjthe to strong hues on tho surface of the j jn ... water and many girls and women hate M. lulled to achieve any degree of success at I U this art simply because they would not recognize the fact that fiu will lie under "Wi covnr for hours rather than venture near ' , any colored object which means tho prox- ' imlty of that which thoy fear more than anything on enrth-or rather in the waters j .jf? under the earth namely man. V) 'a6 Dull gray or brown, the color of the i Jnj bark of tres, is good for the fishing dre. j U Bough tweed for the spring nnd autumn, feet light weight flannel and khaki for sum- '& hut wear nrc the only sensible materials f3 for the fislur girl to wear when tho brook rty' "Winds nbout. In and out, I With here a blossom sailing, And here and there a lusty tront, J And here and there a grayling," I q. |