Helpful Hints for Anglers, Hunters, Outers. - E-book - ePub

There is every indication that this book will be found both interesting and profitable reading by those for whom it is intended. It is merely a collection of several hundred random facts, each vouched for by some sportsman who has found it of use during some phase of his outdoor life. Sheer  love  of  sport  has  been  the  actuating  motive  behind every  contribution. A  single  glance  at  the  text  pages  will  be  sufficient  introduction  for  any sportsman,  and  it  is  for  those  who  indeed  possess  the  sporting  spirit  of fair  play  that  this  book  is  intended.
 To  appropriate  a  phrase  from  the Father  of  Angling,  "It  is  too  good  for  ought  but  honest  men." This  book  is  dedicated. To  Charlie,  who  taught  me  how  to  drop a  far-flung  bait  into  a  pocket  in  the lily  pads; To  Dorsey,  who  showed  me  how  to dance  a  fly  on  a  smiling  pool ; To  Bob,  who  told  me  how  to  draw  a bead  and  press  a  trigger; To  Hughie,  who  guided  my  first  awkward attempt  with  a  canoe  pole; And  to  every  Tom,  Dick,  and  Harry who  helps  another,  tenderfoot  or old-timer,  to  enjoy  the  more,  to  understand the  closer,  that  vast  heritage of  the  outdoors  which  Nature has  left  in  trust  with  such  as  them.