Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-08-04

hat aside aud be- gan thu ascent. The limbs on
the tree were small. making 10 hazardous to
use them AS steps, but there Was no other
remedy. No man can be a good trout sber
unless he Is a goot tree climber! Anybbdy
can throw a poor trout up in Tree top; but
who can get him safely ont. There come,
the tug OF war;" After twisting my self 20
the top OF the tree. through a labyrinth of
limbs and jagged spikes. j got holi oi the
trout, aud was csrefnllv unwin ling the line.
when the branches my feet were on gave way
and with Legs and arms wound around the
body of the tree, i came down with q rush
tearing away with me all the branches from
top to bottom, burying poor Minnie under a
portion of the folia'e. All the loose gar
ments on my body were streaming ~ over my
head by the time tore through that Internal
" rugged tree top to the ground! There
w.r. Minnie what was left OF ne, the trout,
tish,ng tackle, and most Of that tree top In n
medley OF confusion! The astpnisbment OF
Minnie at the adventure as she crawled out OF
the brush was sublime. my graciousl ls
this the way they always catch trout!" she
cried, at the same time giving look OF pity
as she saw my dilapidated condition. and a
little blood on nay hand and nose. (That's
what one gets for having long nose, sliding
down Q gnarled tree.) But the trout was
safe. That was the opis:tive point In the
VIII ,le strategic movement.
Trout are so shy and wild that in catching
one or two out Of hole. all the others are
frightened away. and you have To do an I'm
mense amount Of tramptng through the brush
during the day, now AMI then landing trout
and thousand tini-s landing your line around
q twig, a root, or q branch Ia q tree; aud wDen
4 little light trout-lne begins to entangle 1t
self. the perverse genius splayed fe too
wonderful for the imagination. You find .
place where. from the flow of the water aud
the shadow, you know there must be trout.
You cautiously move mp behind . willow or
a tree, get your pole and line out In position
amongst the brush, drop your line. and In .
minute you have trout up In the branches
and he is pretty sure to be jnst where every
other trout within arverai rods can see inst
What is going on. and you contemplate, with
80 much philosophical resignation, that these
chaps are, every one Of them, taking to their
h. els Ia search OF distant fields and pastures
gently d!se ntangling vour tackle. Next place
you fud that is inviting. You carefully snd
pruilsutly work In amongst the brush, and
are Just poisiug your line over narrow space
20 As to get 1t in the water without touching
. twig or leaf. and are just letting II down
TO the wafer, when Q little gust of wind hits IT
40 s-ound branch; and II It twirls once. II
does twenty-seveu times, around-0ut over
the water, too, where you will have to either
abandon 20 II line or 60 and carry dead pine
get Il loose. Oh. it's so jolly. tell yoa. TO
yet in an sble-hOdied thicket where there are
plenty of trout! You smile, do voui Well,
you Just come out here ann try Il!
Little Minnie soon pecame an expert III
handling her fiv. and gave very little trouble
every now and then landing speckled beauty.
I was climbing down n bank made MP Of sand.
gravel and large boulders, when light or ten
feet from the waters edge, q large. round
boulder On which stood rolled out, and both
IL and myself went tumbling into the TURIN.
lent water below. Little Minnie thoughffuliy
caught the end Of my poe and helped Tn pull
me out, singing. As she I'D so, Life on the
Ocean Wavr," until / threatened to throw
hfr in and f<h her out vita my trout hook
We were tired. dr'ed myself somewhat
Minnie daintilv pinned up some ominous
rents In my garments, and we had lunch Ia
the grateful shade Of thick spruce, with the
clear, ice-cold water murmuring at our very
feet. Lunch over, and Minnie's sweet little