The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1869-05-04

around al the butt, and 80 heavy as 90
require both hands aud feet well brae-
- 10 bold il cat 40. taats not land
ing q lrouL Bat did you ever sit in =
boat. with nine ounces oi lance wood
Tor "a rod and tao hundred ieei = braid
sd six = roar doublc acting reel. and
book trout whose strain brought Up
aud but together as YOU checked him
10 some Wild Aght. aud tested yUur
lquiscring line from gut 10 reel CIR not
No ous knows what game there Is IN a
trout, unless he bas fought ], out. match.
ing such rod against a three pound
lisa, with forts feet u water underneath,
aud eisar, unlmpedel sweep around
him. Al then u u that one discovers
waat vii and energy he within the mot
Tel skin 81 a trout, and what a miracle
u velocity be is when reused / love
the rife, and have looked along the
sights and leld tins leaping blood back
by an elort 81 will, steadying M yseif for
the shot, when my veins fairly tiugied
with the eZhiiiratiHg excitement Of the
moment, but Il one should asl, me
via, is my conception oi pure physical
happiness, should assure hiai that tho
highest bodily beatitude / ever expect
ed to reach is, on some future day,
when the clear sun is occasionally veil
"a by clouds, to sit in boat once more
on that little lake, with Jim at the pad
die. and match again q Conroy rod
against three pound trout That's
what | call da7p6tess
Wen, as | said, struck; aud as we
afterwards discovered, the huge salmon
hook was buried TO the shank ia the
nerves which lie at theroots of trout's
tongue. Then came fight for the mas
terry such as never before had | wuged
with anything that swims Words
should have ige IN them to depict the
scene. Quick as a flash, before / had
fairly recovered my balance partially lost
by the energy with which struck, the
trout started, and before could get a
pressure upon the line, not twenty
yards were left upon the reel A short,
quick stroke from Jim, and the boat
shot ono side; and bearing stoutly on
him, tasking the rod to tie last ounce
Of resistance, l slowly swayed him
about and recovered little slack At
ter few short sweeps he doubled on
the line and shot straight for the boat
as an arrow from bow
| Double and be hanged to you r
shouted jim, as he SHE'D the light shell
to one side aud swung it round so as to
keep me facing the fish, IF you get
under this boat it will be because this
paddle breaks.
/ Failing in his attempt to run under
us, he dove to the bottom. "Let him
rest moment, said jim; "recover the
line; you'll need it all when lac rises -
He's big and ugly, and his next rush
will be like lightning
After ! had stowel away some forty
yards OF line upon the reel, winding it
on hard and evenly, 50 that il would
render well, began to feel for the fish.
The first pressure elected only shake,
At the next be described circle, still
keeping at the bottom, then again came
to stand still He acted ugly | felt
that, when the rush came, it would try
I nerve and tackle alike Enjoining al jim
to watch the ii5h and favor ma be could,
and by no means 70 LEI him pass IN
der the boat, | gave quick, sharp jerk.
AIy arm was still IN the mir and the rod
unstra.ghtened, when / caught a CLEAN
f.r down below me, md before bad
time to wink the huge fellow parted the
water almost within reach OF my arm,
and when high up in Iaid air, he shook
himself, the crystal drops we're flung in
20 my very face Perhaps shah live
long enough to forget that picture, as
that trout f3r az instant hung in the
ain, his blue black and azure sides spot
tod with gold and agate, his Fms edged
with snowy white, Ajs eyes protrudins,
giils aistendel, the leader hanging from
bis jaws, while a shower Of pearly drops
we're shaken from has quiyering sides.
He fell, bat while still ID the air the
boat glided back ward, and when he
struck the water | WAS thirty feet away
and ready for the rush. II came Aud
as be passed us, some iorty feet ofI, be
Glove the water IS bolt from cross
bow might Cleaye the air Possibly for
five minutes the frenzy lasted Not O
word was uttered. The whiz Of tile liue
through the air, the whir of The flying
real, aud al occasional grunt from Jim
a. the hsh doubled on the boat, we're
the only sounds to be beard When,
suddenly, IN one of bis widest fights,
ibe terribly taxed rod Strengthened IL
self out with spnng, the pressure
ceased, the line siackened, aud the fsA
again lay 90 tbs bottom. Niping the
sweat from my bros. turned 10 Jim
and said What 40 ven think Of that 2"
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