There is not an angler unacquainted with the natural timidity of fishes, nor a keeper in charge of a salmon-pass, who does not know how easy it is for poachers to deter the salmon from venturing along the path raised expressly for his use.
In a deep-sea angler the bait is enlarged, provided with fleshy streamers and a luminous body which serves to attract small fishes in the depths.
The anglerof to-day, however, prefers the artificial fly, as being more workmanlike and also more effective than bait-fishing.
The man who fishes, not for the good company of the woods and brooks, but to get as many fish as possible to eat or sell, is not an angler but a pot-fisher.
Waife might have been a duke in disguise; but I will do the angler the justice to say that such discovery of rank would have impressed him little more in the vagrant's favour.
Every Angler should possess a copy of our Newly Issued Catalogue.
The greatest care must be taken not to scare the fish, either by the sight of the angler or his shadow, or by awkwardness in managing the rod, line, and flies.
When a trout takes a fly it shuts its mouth, and if the angler strikes then he is almost sure to bring the hook into contact with the closed jaws.
This is a great advantage, as the liability to get the line entangled is not so great as with a side winch, and it also enables the angler to make more of the length of his rod by grasping it lower down.
Still, there are many other localities where, if the anglerdoes not mind going farther afield, good trout fishing can be obtained.
The angler who practises it is saved the trouble of working with worms, of catching, keeping alive, or salting minnows, or searching the river's bank for the natural insect.
Here the angler will find boats and every accommodation.
Launceston would be the most convenient station for the tourist angler to fish this fine river.
From Limerick theangler may proceed to Athlone and Galway, but I should advise him to proceed to the south first, and fish the Blackwater and the lakes of Killarney; Mr. Jas.
Derbyshire is watered by many delightful streams, which abound with trout and greyling, the owners of which allow the angler to fish without the least hesitation on making application and sending in his card.
There is good sport to be had in the lake and river when it is flooded, and the angler will find every convenience with respect to men and boats; there are two inns in the place, at least when I was there in 1848, there were two.
This beautiful branch of fly-making, peculiarly my own, cannot fail to perfect theangler who is scientific and ingenious, the result of which will be never-failing success.
At the Killarney junction, Mallow, the angler takes his seat, and in a little time is delighted with the sight of the Lakes.
When the angler sees a white old cock he should buy him to procure his hackles, or a black cock, a grey cock, and old red cocks of every hue, all of which are good for dyeing.
If the sport fail," she wrote, "at least the angler hath his holsom walke, and may enjoy at his ease the ayre and swete savoure of the medes of floures that maketh him hungry and he may hear also the melodious harmony of fowles.
It is a true fish, such as the angler loves to put into his basket or hang at the top of his willow twig, in shady afternoons along the banks of the stream.
It is usually the angler who adopts this means of locomotion, but those who are sketching or seeking for fresh points of view will find a boat equally suitable.
The angler will get good sport in the Gairloch, either trolling or with hand lines (Part IV.
Hand-line fishing is not to be compared with rod fishing for lythe, and therefore I have not recommended the angler to carry hand-lines about with him, but they can generally be borrowed if desired.
The angler visiting this country should be provided with at least two rods, viz.
Of course, the successful angler represented the Evil One!
There is sometimes a good year, like 1883, but on the whole the tendency is downwards, as both the net-fisher and angler complain.
The fortunate angler who has permission to fish the Ewe must first learn something of the pools on the river.
It is no use the angler wearying himself with a heavy nineteen or twenty foot rod.
Mac Cordaigh by an angler fishing on the west bank of the river.
Permission must now be obtained to fish Fionn Loch, and noangler need expect to make the bags of the old times, either in number or size.
The angler looks for "cad-bait" along the edges of streams, under stones, or on the stalks of aquatic plants.
The bay is remarkable for sea fishing, while the salmon and trout angler will have his heart's desire in Errif Lake.
Full information as to the flies suitable for the lake, and the places well to troll, may be had from the best known angler in Kerry, Teigue M'Carthy.
He would walk you thirty miles any day without fatigue, and shoot you a woodcock against any man; but as an angler my uncle Gervase beat him.
Maybe this is fun, sitting in the sun, With a book and parasol, as my Angler wishes, While he dips his line in the ocean brine, Under the impression that his bait will catch the fishes.
Hiding deep down amongst the coral and seaweed, too, one catches glimpses of many weird fishes that no angler has ever succeeded in catching.
To do so demands of the angler a combination of skill, strength, nerve, judgment, and several other qualities, plus any amount of dogged determination and abnormal staying power.
A second angler then came to the rescue, and played it for another five and a half hours before killing it.
Another angler was dragged more than fourteen miles under similar circumstances, and had his arm broken into the bargain.
And even if the common belief were true, it is not likely that the bass would be tolled directly toward the angler through a slick covering many acres.
As I have said elsewhere, if the large-mouth bass is just as game as the small-mouth, the angler is just that much better off.
Half of the pleasure of the young angler is in watching the float.
The boat should be anchored in close proximity to the feeding-grounds of the bass, and the angler should keep as still as possible.
The consistent angler may truly exclaim with Pope:-- "How happy could I be with either.
In open water the angler has a better chance successfully to play and land his quarry, which should be kept on the surface as much as possible.
If the angler pins his faith to them, by all means give them a fair chance on a hook without a spoon; it is not only more logical, but more sportsmanlike.
The best plan is to fish from a small boat moored to the pier, as the angler is not so likely to be seen by the fish, and they are more easily landed.
The ten-pounder snaps at the bait or fly in the manner of most fishes, and is off immediately in a wild whirl, skimming through the water, if shallow, in a way to astonish the angler who hooks one for the first time.
To maintain the proper position and depth of the bait the angler may employ a float, with or without a sinker, as the exigencies or conditions demand.
What old angler does not remember the eagerness and expectancy with which he watched the "cork" in days gone by?
The last words of the servant and the anglerhad been overheard, and the result we may soon have occasion to show.
The angler was again seen fishing in the stream as the first shadows of evening began to fall; but his efforts were not so successful as before, and he retired early to rest.
The angler must strike directly his bait is seized.
They are apt to nibble at the bait; the angler ought not, therefore, to strike till the float goes well down.
The young angler should note that the caps which fix the lines to the float are not rough at the edge, as this roughness chafes and weakens a fine line; should this be the case, he should smooth them before use.
Such are a few practical particulars concerning angling and fly-fishing, sufficient to enable any young angler to begin.
The brass clearing-rings are to be preferred, because they are jointed, and in consequence can be used when the angler has a winch in his rod, in which case the leaden ring could not be passed over the winch.
They are commonly found in little rivulets, rills, or small sandy streams, and are highly prized by the angler as baits for many kinds of fish.
If not, the angler should hold the rod firmly, and draw the line sideways, and break away.
The young angler will find a line of about four yards in length the most useful.
When the fish is hooked through the lip, the angler has only to hold the fish steadily in one hand, while with the other he carefully disengages the hook.
In this case, theangler seldom loses more than a hook, if he acts as above directed; but without the assistance of a clearing-line he frequently loses his float as well as his hook and line, and sometimes breaks his top joint.
But the angler has leisure to steep himself in the atmosphere of hill and streamlet--to take Nature's colours into his soul.
Every angler ought to blossom into a landscape painter.
But Mr. Garthwaite, who was as ardent an angler in his way as Izaak Walton himself, was not to be appeased even by the best of excuses.
And though the young anglerhad been defeated, he did not sit down and have a good cry over it.
Their voracity is very great, and they often disappoint the angler by taking his bait.
Here in the season the angler may be seen skilfully tempting the speckled trout.
I have never had such luck before or since, though always a zealous angler in an unprofessional way.
The best anglerin England, too; would throw a fly into a tea-spoon at fifty yards distance.
The Dissatisfied Angler Boy= I'm sorry they let me go down to the brook; I'm sorry they gave me the line and the hook; And wish I had staid at home with my book!
A trout takes a fly or bait with a vigorous snap, without investigation as to its nature, and a black bass does much the same, giving immediate and unmistakable notice to the angler that there is "something doing.
There being no response after a cast or two, the angler switches the fly in the air to dry it, and awaits the tell-tale evidence of a fish before again offering the buoyant lure.
As the mountain streams are usually swift and rocky and fringed with alders, willows and other small trees, the angler must be wide awake to land his fish and save his tackle.
For this reason the angler should not attempt to "strike" at a rising fish, but allow it to hook itself, which all game-fishes will do nine times out of ten.
So with each leap of the bass the hopes and fears of the angler are constantly exercised, while his pulses quicken and his enthusiasm is aroused.
And yf theangler take fysshe: surely thenne is there noo man merier than he is in his spyryte.
Sidenote: Florida Fishing] The angler can hardly go amiss in any section of Florida for his favorite sport.
It takes the fly because it cannot help it, and will give the angler ample exercise with a light rod before it is landed.
But when safely in his creel, the fortunate anglercan congratulate himself on having fairly subdued and captured this wily and coquettish beauty of the crystal waters.
It is a genuine pleasure to the observant angler to capture one of these fish, if only to gaze upon its beauties, and watch the play of prismatic colors as reflected in its gorgeous attire.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "angler" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: drifter; fisherman; jigger; whaler
