Litchfield enquirer., 1872-02-08
The PickereI.

Did'st ever Ego for" him? No? We'll, then, you have missed some rare sport. This is the way to do it: Select a day, say tomorrow, take an early start--in fact you had better begin your start tonight rummage the house from garret to cellar and back again, getting your traps togeth- CT. It may provoke some remarks from the Vice President These may be shown to have no bearing on the case, by making the counter remark that you have prom ised Dave" to go with him, and go you shall '''lt t ''l li'i' !'
 You retire at an early hour to gain strength for the morrow. At o'clock, A. M., you get up to look at the weather. You continue to do this every thirty min utes for four hours. You may provoke more remarks. Don't be deterred from your purpose. Answer in monosyllables. Begin to clamor for breakfast Contin- ue the clamor and you will succeed in getting it. A nasty breakfast finished, you gather up your traps and put out lunch, lines, ehissl and pail of bait minnows collected during the last month in every creek and cove from Canaan to Chalybes. An hours walk brings you to your fishing ground. You find it occu- pied by parties from Waterbury. Your next best ground by ditto from Wolcott- vile. You take the place next best suited to your purpose. You ''cut in'' 10 or 20 hnes-a neat, handsome hole,g 10 or 12 inches in diameter, cut through with an axe and smoothed with the chisel for each hne-lines carefully sounded, 8 loop pmade at the surface of the water, hook we'll bait. ed, ran into the water, the loop lightly hung on slender twig, 12 to IS inches above the ice. lls5 ssssi ] asssf. 1illEsf siss4s
 'tAlI ready. Say, nothing" success sion of short pulls on line perch. Don't wait for him to pull the line off Haul him ont at once. Leave him two minutes and he is of with the bait. Not so our our friend the pickerel. Hal mark that line down it goes-with . slow,steady pull, the twig is bent to water; released from the line it goes up with whisk. It is cur friend. "Go for" him. You seize, the slack-now steady-fe1l of him Adon't hurry. Count ten-twenty-he is moving around in 8 circle -he strikes of in a tan gent Hay back on him-puIl steady+lay of the slack handsomely ely-4feel low, pull ing clear of the ice--dont brag yet He, comes in long surges to right and left t-he circles around--the surges are stronger as' he comes nearer. You change your posi- tion to meet his, ,--tlle lead appears under the ice at the farther side of ths hele. Careful, now, you see the jaws Of the monster-by a dexterous movement you land him on the ice. away from the hole. Now draw a long breath and survey your prize Twenty Six inches long, How he lashes the ice. Jack Homer had his day. sy, long ago nov you have yours.l .f.sr.s.,sta
 You repeat the operation at intervals during the day, and at night string up. your catch (smallest at the ,bottoml and pnt for home. How your friends gather around as you stop in front of sseveEy body's store . What lots of friends. What acres of questions. Of course you answer them all, till some friend, after walking thFeetimesaround you, a.sks, ssDid
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