But, as Grover Cleveland said: "He is no true fisherman who is willing to fish only when fish are biting." The real angler will
sit all day in a boat in a pouring rain, eagerly watching the point of the rod, which never for an instant swerves a half inch from the horizontal. The real angler will troll for miles with a hand line and a spinner, winding in the thirty-five dripping feet of the lure every ten minutes, to remove a weed, or "to see if she's still a-spinning." Vainly he hopes for the muskellunge who has just gone somewhere else, but, by the same token, the sure-enough angler is ready to go out next morning, rain or shine, at sunrise. What information does the author use in the fourth paragraph to support his belief that true fishermen are faithful to the sport even when fish are scarce? A) a comparison of the price of fish in a market
B) current and reasonable prices of fishing equipment
C) a descriptive quote emphasizing traits of dedication
D) an anecdote describing a successful fishing excursion
This paragraphs describes the attributes of a fisherman that make him successful and makes several reference to dedication and tenacity. No matter what the conditions or the results of a day of fishing, a true fishermen is never discouraged and is just as excited to go out the following day as he was the day before. Fisherman enjoy the experience and not only the results and are extremely dedicated to their task.
