Near And Far: An Angler's Sketches of Home Sport And Colonial Life
Near And Far: An Angler's Sketches of Home Sport And Colonial Life
Senior William
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Foraging for sticks and straw. Thou shalt at one glance behold The daisy and the marigold ; White-plumed lilies, and the first Hedge-grown primrose that hath burst. But the winter angler, strong in faith as in constitution, and loving his sport the better for the tribulation through which he possesses it, is on the alert in November, eager in December, enthusiastic in January, and desperate in February with the energy natural to one who sees a quick- coming end to his opportunities. The mild wi...nter is not loved by the angler unless in its earlier months there has been a wholesome preparation of frost. When the December and January days are warm, and the southerly and westerly winds seem to promise an abundance of sport, the winter angler often meets with direst disappointment. He holds, with the rest of the brotherhood, that there is nothing like keen frost for putting the fish into a proper frame of mind, and experi- ence certainly in the main would appear to be on his side. Who cannot recall days when the moisture from his line froze in the rings of his rod ; when the hard snow crackled under his feet as he pursued his persevering way in search of pike or grayling, glowing cheerily all the while with the healthy glow which open-air exercise alone can give ?
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