THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 14, 1937.
FISHING FROM THE VERANDAH
Mr. John W. Smith, for many Now he is located at Nowra, at
away
Comes a bite, and dropping his ] At intervals of 30 yards from the the a guest house situated about 100 paper, or book, Smith plays the verandah to the water Smith, has
from the Shoalhaven | fish. He plays it until it has not a kick left. Then he blows a It is a signal to the bait- dropper to go along and collect the fish.
has wiled years hours by fishing. Perfectly phy-yards sically fit in other respects, he River. has an "onky" leg, and so he He fishes. every night-from the whistle. cannot race about as he would verandah. On it he sets up his night
light. like to.
He reclines on a cosy couch, and reads his paper.
Smith is one of the best-known anglers in estuarine waters with light tackle, and his feats in his respect have earned for him a re- putation
which amounts to notoriety.
In his left hand he has his rod. Before this an employee at the guest house has rowed out with Smith's line and dropped it in deep water, with suitable bait attached.
INGENUITY!
During the past three weeks every night it has been a jewfish from four to five pounds in weight. Then "Smithy" calls it a day.
How is it done?
installed three stakes, at the top of which he has spinning wheels after the style of a cotton reel, on which Keeping a he places his line. strain on the line the bît is as sensitive as if he was three or four feet from it.
Zane Grey is the hero of many fishing stories written by himself. Has he anything to equal this?
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