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The Birch-Bark Roll FISHING By Dr. Henry van Dyke, author of Little Rivers, Pish- erman’s Luck, elc. Boys are those under 14; Lads, 14 to 18; Men, over 18. Tackle-making. Boys: To make a 6-foot leader of clean gut, with smooth knots, to stand a strain of 5 lbs., coup. To tic 6 different flies, of regular patterns, on number 8-12 hooks, and take trout with each of them, by daylight casting, in clear water, grand coup. Lads: To make a bait rod of 3 joints, straight and sound, 14 oz. or less in weight, 10 fect or less in length, to stand a strain of 14 lb. at the tip, 13 Ib. at the grip, coup. To make a jointed fly-rod 8-10 fect long, 4-6 ozs. in weight, capable of casting a fly 60 fect, grand coup. Fly-fishing. Boys and Lads: To take with the fly, unassisted, a 3-lb. trout or black bass, on a rod not more than 5 oz. in weight, coup. To take a 5-lb. trout or black bass or a 4-lb. landlocked salmon under the same conditions, a grand coup. , Men: To hook and land with the fly, unassisted, without net or gaff, a trout or landlocked salmon over 4 lb., or a salmon over 12 |b., coup. To take, under the same conditions, a salmon over 25 Ib., grand coup. General Fishing. Boys, Lads and Men: To take on a rod, without assistance in hooking, playing, or 3r