, 1870-02-07
Trout. Fishing In thc Yosemite yAi-
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hitdeD, 1t Il asserted, to ap2en At the lEpests1
leyeea
In thc Yosemite yai-
fcy.
ne Interesting aud, to nataralsta valuable IT.
,.cle Of Judge Caton, pnbushed IN TIE TR1BCSE Of
Monday, on Trout Fishing IN .ne Yosemite Eai-
!eF," prompts tue 10 add my experience With the
"ba1no Ir!dea, for the beueat Of future visitors
to that wonderful locality. As preliminary l NEIL
t!on that while ID Colorado On ny Way to Ca!lfor-
nIa as oIe OF the " "Coltax parts"cf 16ss, some-
tines mentioned to ny aAaoclates that there must
be trout IN the cr1ssal streams along which we
were 1idtng. also confessed my foudness Tor
pAcsto1y eposts. Whoever hss crossed the const-
Lent In a sage coach knows that every oppoFtu-
rity Tor q "drlEe" {Iote) at q feloE-
passenger Is thoroughly improved; 10
whsn re were riding along Bitter Greek, |
crossing ftagnans slough or TatloWtcg through |
scrse alk4li mud hole, index nugers would point TO
them significantly With the assurauce that there
were trons in that -treAn, and doleful sympathy
WAS expressed for me that could not stop and
catch shtla- Want of time II Ell cases "les me
cus"t TIL approaching tne yosenai:e Valley Ia
| AuSuktt where re were 10 remain four OF t7e
| dayt, WAS warned that trout uu1s catch OF ta
| rcled an impostof In u1y pretended love fer the
| clasatc spors Of the venerable 1Rsa1 Nalton-
kLowluE that my cha11Ctet was at at8ke, consult
ed, privately, Prot. +. Law Olm1tead who Joined
| our party at Mst1posA. Re told me there ware
| Plenty Of sery hne trout IN the Merced River aud
othtr streams oI The valley: bu: that they cou-
| slaatlY gprged tnemse.yes On the snaLtt and
Kons that fell Into the water from the bank1 Of the
| Streams, and hence that nobody but the Indians
cou:d catch them. On arriving IN the evening at
Sir. uo,chins' arranged for pole, line, And bait.
liz companions hATinE leatped how fas:ld!ous
The apr e,ites Of the trour are, made themselves
merry tn advance over my almo1t certain failure,
s1d gave distinct ro.ee Of certain pains and pen-
a.ttez--for 1ts.ance, souse III the riVer-that
nust surely entu1', u tho speck1ed beautles re-
| elsteti my er,ll and Establishments. EARLY IN the
morning, While ny "d:atlnguiahed travelling
companions + we're upooztnR comfortably. fully
equipped, u tie precepta Of the immortal 11aak
do direct took my seat on fallen tree, the root4
Ct which formed largo pool IN the Mercedt some
distance aboye the bridge, IL front Of Autchins..
Hall a doz.u splendid trout were lA2:1f
noat&ng sp1u. in 1ne water, which
was 10 perfectly transparent inst eEery apot Upon
the.s &dea could be a!a:ncs!3 seen sptskaog tn
; The morrtnR s7rb:aus. Carefully aud quietly
took ny seat At the root CT the fallen tee, and
I | With al the ar:s knd ensicemenu st ny conlmx1d
fourd 1t !nnpossble to attract the specified gen.
: TT 10 my bait. My chn1ce for au unwilling haih
IN tho !ce-cod wa'ess Of the Aerced, OF soosraee
I to Escape from The Honorso1e Speaker ana MI
uihez fs,t Eds, seemed 10 be g1od Sastneh tha.
I must adopt soE1n dtterent strategy from that
had found 90 elective among the setise 2alOel
denizeus OF the crystL s:reans OF The Delaware
+ Valley, where Ia boyhooos years string Of .
O dozen Or two was couared only Ordinary lack,
< patiently watched tbs haaIsA Ct se
q trout for half An hour or mora
! noticed they wonld swim to large sra' Or worn
q that laJ stranded toward the lower part OF tn
peo?, apparently take lazy bite At II, AID tael
. slowly make hsr the c!.cutt Of the pool, dsc1sl
IT ing IN the Meantime the mor1ei with each Other
u NY rexs effort founded on my wise induction vi
d mste On this wise: Pluugtng my rod carefully 1
n The Water, tessed It on The bottom OF the poo
Bone dozen feet OF more above the suande
l. snail At such point that the current dnfted Ii
+ line beside II Ithen Touad up ny line tn I,
u bsit rtsted an inch or less Ahose the sail, an
ID 2Ea.ted the Tes1lt Will becoming psteuce-
lg dGe time the nsn came sloaly hacS, ana one {
- two locked st ny woru aud gltded sway IN III
es uos1 dienired and scornfol manner poss!ol
T. Their actions seemed 10 ssT p!ain1I. euoaR
y "Ycu cant foo! NJ with any auch unsAror1 stun.
is Afnr psylng Inc enaIi ln1ce Of to11 visits, se
1e par.,arch ano5g them dctgaed to s1eil Of
to NoIna; then he toassd down = foot or tFot ~
q. after repeating sh!s two or three tEneA be slow
At swallowed 1t, and IN tfee was touncia8 Aoo'
~ In tie tall grass on the back Of the AeFcec. III
{. had putKiued tie nsa, but selt . sort Il CO.
tempt for him AID 70, uJsel! as vel, fof he BIZ
ot etuptdly and WIS thrown FROM the water 50 nn'
Is Ike siufgard, making Iot the a:gh:es; eoort
=: escape, that xas ashamed OF ny uaspofHna
%: like Let. There WIS not 3 bill OF sE2t WnlZzu
u. lice SEQ tssbing enetgJ bT which as COUSINS NO
he CD ali the Eppr,lye eptnuA!ssn Of tae boy a1ol
g, re trout s,.sama Of the Delaware Valley.
In. OF course my character was eataoilalelt Ato
reached the bridge 1usi n che nov Vice Frtk!de
Ito md roy orne, friends were coming 10 tae Hyer
uA xa&h IN iss Nnptd wAsers~ held up MT tsn
zee triumph, and valtans!J Claimed exemption TT
ely al tue pains and penalties threatened IN cAse
ere my f.,lure. Bat fsred scarre!1 a1y better II
ts nv friend Jpdee Caton, for II was insisted II
nrac.,stne the azss 0! tho pol1rc:Ao, hAd 81!
MI consofted x!th Mf. "Lo. &Ae poor 11dlAn,' 8
auec hin with tue specie argument: but e.atr1t
70 tie roa.enton 0! the trou. IS coocsaaFt eF7def
Il that had caught IT, IN the absence 0! III pfoot
~ The contrasy, aas accorded ne nooof 0! oel
st he int Enlte rnxu Thai ever caught ssc1s N
~ Yoeem!,e Valley. sessfded taA. hoseset.
oa merely an stteup: At 1a=ter1 for aase 20 do'
81 81 tint Whit the Ind.4n e&n do, The white oaa q
III. narc seen enoa9n Of these savage vagaoonds
III. hase nj the ppnseute OF Coo2es's novel; tc
-: YIe.sls sponsed out of me-
In order 70 test the qrA:ity Of the tsa, had
lbs cooked ~ BOOB n ponstee tof oseaitsat. fea
lcd | HI oesn DIT, conp17zrsetJ ,as:e:esa. And IN
81 rexpet-a Inferior 70 tho tout OF the Dtl4F
. ~. Valley. ytts IA addition TO hA entire lAcs
M Cntsoue spirit, convinced me that he vi
tn hes. du12nt relxttre OF tne fstsfy, dAsan8 oe
tv that charmed nj boThood1 r7mb1eA
trout that abound In tho streams sod On N
We feazsed among tho magnificent monntalna
,teo Colorado, IN cur six Fecks tour among tnen
tes, The tuumg oi 1858, sze bette1-psooahly : d!e
ent tpee.es-,nAn those OF the Yosemite VA
71ta huk think they ART not quite 10 good ~ thost
sne the E4l.e1p sta,eA s1ould add that caa
no another szoas sEogn tho sans POOL Of taa Aefe
ofed and by tie sane means u caught the drs-
*A shey are abundant IN thft and the other sssei
Of khe Yosemite, have no doubt that futu1e
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