, 1880-05-08
A FISH STORY,
Told by n Man WHO DesplAes Angling
for LitkJC BROOK Trout.


Milford (Fa.l CorrtsnoHlsnee tve.v Fork Sim.
"Now you kin ull Talk about trout tislhn',
but give me- sucker shRrln' fur gcnslwlne
sport. Next 10 bebbin' fur cels, they atn't
no Kind o. {shin' lhat kin tctch ono side Of It.
1t leaves trout ilsl,in' 50 fur iu tho rear that
II the season lnsted from Jnriwary to Janl-
wary 1t couldn't never kntch rp."
That Is Arch Drinks opinion Of what Is tho
thing tn angling. 1le Is. authority OH tie
branches Of. the sport mentioned by him II
i,tiy onc IN Fiko County Is. 1Ie fortt!us his
belicf by fond rccoltections Of the fasclndtioi,s
0f snare and bob.
"l,ut tley aiu't no suckers nor no ecls to
wl,at thcy uety be-" lie says. "Lord the
suckers hcv shared in tint Sawkill Crcekl
YOU couldn't git 'em IN Il circus tent,
don't b'Ieyc. And II he'd all tho wiro I've
used fl,r shares, think could string n tele-
Erapl, wiru from here to the Water Gap.
When yuu do glt u sucker ROW, he don't
weigh uaore'n half a pound, anil when YOU do
glt one hell look ut you. kind o. sorryful,. us
II I,e hlowed llu want tho size l,e 0rtO be.
Tho biggest Dnu ever kutellel weighed seven
pound three ounces, II rcnelller right II
though, come 10 think s,i L. 1t wns as big ms
ns1hal bnby, anyhow, alld II 1c0.utl j. dried It's
mouth and kept tho shape Dt 1t, It would {,
n9 Fly pr9psrest kla 2t f yin1egnst'ih'f'. W..
| rs that nn, though, oheet. 1t WIS III ny
barn. / was settin' Oh the. rocks there one
dny with Kooa enpper-M;irn s,fare wtGlil,.<
P0oty soon ul0ng calle n fish TINT scsrct ug.
Thought first ho was sturgeon. bntsoun
sec tllnt lle was u sucker. aud tllAt Aley WIS
s2oWs S Se # ha o tes aresE " it 5 ns 10
1 ways out o my lea4,' thinks to myself, I'd
like to lnako u srn!l bot that II. pete.o tl,nt
III iSycR fRF{' {Ha ' Il t%;Sa c"a w,sg?p 'sss,t
over to liz etIEe q the rocks, Fight nnter
where was. lo louksa like water-soakctl
log, ai,d when llu stuck his s!l0ut out to for
h hern. IT, Sy ISL sare eo,tId be 1iadc Into elrcio
llnlf Il fnUt through, md for nllluto WIS
tlur1 skfttislt 'bout its.goin' over tho sucker's
llcat!, but they wnn't no time to spare, 1nll' !
IL s1 lie e Mils yn q om 1oRPs Ro 81 he% ~ yssH sl'f III! h
sucker hadn't hen ns stubborn rs he was big,
iii novcr gut tho si,ara on lin. Slipped Il
over hls STOUT, ar!t OIL down oIgr l.is l!ent
till It gut WlIera his ems would beil II llG'u
llntl uliy, a.ld there It teullWl htll. Now the
or,llnaiy run q sucker woi!id u bnekct1 out'',
that Qulckern Ill eel could wind Itself tlp lr
your ,,no put tais old tti1t assbnck ,na{ Fiyt
tic slara tlgl,tenet plumb around Ills ti1rpnt
4 sucker aIn't tho sudAlntest ilsll rs paddles
md when cnte'ess w9s distributed among
llSlay HlEKGIh WIS u tttllt i}tL8lN httAH tl!UtE
alMI their share WIS slim. but this old fol
low showed iliu q few things / didn't know
about suckers, and the first thing I klOWetkl
wnH u goln' Oft o. thunl rocks rs II Anft Al'al
Ind becn split on 'ell, al,d thu next thing
WIS Il sn,sYtn' In the brGnk. md 'twixt thu
fuss that the s,ckvr ll,ntle A,d t!e fuss that
,u0lle, y0ll couldn't n told whether | llea
kctchHl tl.s sucker Or tl;e sucker 1aa kstchs! ~,
s00n rs got my plumb begtn to Wisic III
, si,pre. l}nt tho fryln'. 0t. tliat sucker
huyer smoked UP my kftcl,sll. ! thin!
liz kn0WGl what was UP, al,l though
. | he'd rNtllnr commit suicide. 80 ha ghy
ono. rtpptn' Rlnngn. and tic wire cll
llts head su.lara otl. The head popped ny +
tho tnp o. tho water, anil came tiI ~ suA!e
n,ltl stirred lit nn will, such c!tsscd bIg Will
: ayus that come nigh startin' OIL q run IN
, iioNis. Then seo lilo sucker, without ~;
, iieasl, swim,ntll' down ,lio brnnk rs It u.
tlttl hoy llssplf WAY ntter It. null 1t WAs sun
: ant Of Eight. fnHKetl thu ho4d litfllt
!, There mint usually hlllc1 fodder OIL
suckers head but wo billed tl,Rt .0lle. Alltt
i, lllatte III u fNnfly lI,,ler, nlll what WIS le
!, lEatlt 4 g1o.l lunch fur u tramp tint com
! nlong. a few taya nftTWnnt sou!o 11I
/ down xaIo,,g tle creek gonl9 up. h.ul con
!; Tic Erook Dy t!is ntili. / was co'stali!e, nj
: Vent dawn 10 ltnyo it nlnvytt. Say,. don
Q want II to E'o tlmugllt that ~ stretel! Q pll
n tu MAko u gU0tl ynrll. l5nt TINT wA'll,t \ uea
! hog, 1t WIS tho body u tIAt 8lcktr,"