has "learned" from experience. Of course, 
I know what will happn, some boy with a 
cane pole and cotton line, shark hook baited 
with liver, will take him at last! 
My advice to those who have ambitions to 
capture a record fish is not to seek out virgin 
waters, there the fish run small as a rule, 
but go to much fished waters, in temperate 
climate, and fish, and fish, and fish. From 
what I have already said you will understand 
you must "bait your hook with your heart," 
as Henry David Thoreau said long ago. It 
is the understanding and scientific angler 
 
Outdoor Life-August, 1925 
who after all will win out in the end, that in 
spite of what I just said about the small boy 
and his cane pole. You must be content to 
fish on unrewarded day after day, week after 
week, perhaps season after season, but if you 
stick to it you will win out; probably victory 
will come when least you expect it, and the 
fish will be taken from a water long fished 
by amateur and expert rodster alike. It is, I 
think, absolutely true that "There are larger 
fish in the water than ever have been cap- 
tured." 
(To be continued) 
 
the bit of tackle you want, or the repair tool 
you require, but think of the trouble and 
awkwardness, as well as the weight. I am 
not strong for the trunk in actual fihing, 
The place for it is in the home. I have 
come to think there is nothing quite so handy 
in this style as a strong, well-made steamer 
trunk. In it the angler can carry everything 
from rods to hooks, in my case keep them, for 
such a trunk never leaves my home. If I 
nut all my tackle away, I know ight where it 
is when I want it. In the trunk I can stow 
the smaller cases, packed ready for business 
at an instant's notice. No, I am not strong 
fcr the trunk-like case, that is to take fishing. 
SEMI-PORTABLE BOXES 
TPHIS title is not good, for these cases are 
 
T HERE is no single article of equipment 
of greater importance than the tackle 
box, either for the fly man or plug caster. 
However, the two methods of angling are so 
utterly unlike that I think I will have to de- 
vote myself to the plugger and say, the 
flinger of feather minnows and lures of that 
ilk. Here's the difficulty at the outset, if we 
include both classes of lures in the tackle 
box; two rods are required. The feather 
minnow and its relatives call for a fly rod, 
 
COMPACT Box 
A GAIN we are confronted with many 
shapes and sizes, from those that will go 
into the coat pocket up to shoulder-strap af- 
fairs.  Which is best?   Depends entirely 
upon the angler and his particular wishes and 
crotchets. There is one that slips into a coat 
pocket, made of aluminum, containing apart- 
mnents for reel and all essential lures. It 
truly is a wonderful little case and not so 
little either, big enough in all conscience 
fir any ordinary angler. Another, a bit larg- 
er, is made to carry in the hand, or, can be 
suspended by a shoulder strap, the latter be- 
ing a great advantage for the shore caster. 
The shore caster likes to have both hands 
free, consequently his tackle case must be 
attached to his person, as well as his landing 
net. Another case of the saue ilk is that 
curved box, made to slip on a belt anA fit 
the body nicely. The only objection I have 
found to it is that the cover does not loch 
and when the angler falls down, as evn the 
most. agil]e of us do sometimes, the way the 
paraphernalia is scattered in all directions 
 
Tackle Boxes