The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1882-10-29
Fishing stories.


united States commissioner Deuel., OF New
York, last summer made fishing trip to Idaho, and
among other big ones landed a silver trout he
caught on Snake River, weighing pounds and Is
ounces. Mr.. Deuel. narrated his experiences to re-
porter as follows: 90 DIR. Carpenter saw me catch
tho fish, continued Mr. deuel., and the others
miners In camp near by who saw IL soon after IT was
caught Tho doctor and went ont about $3.50 Il Nj.
and islied without having any luck until 6i5, when
were called to supper. After supper ished for
low tho doctor aud he called to mo to como up by
him. did SO, and threw my line about four feet
from his. The trout had swallowed thu hook In u
minute after threw. Then there fun, for the trout
was Just at his lighting weight | had an eleven
ounce rod aud $50 feet of line Oh my reel. The trout
took 100 feet OF the latter several times. As
he rushed up and down the stream the doc tor
would run along the bank witt, him and
shout; - For Gods sake, don't let the
c,iss CO.. After we had landed him we found that
my eight-pound pocket scales would not weigh him.
We propped his mouth open with stick Ave Inches
to eat quarter of him at the first neal and the little
bacon was oil the other meat we had. They told me
that 1t was tue largest trout ever taken thore By
white man. Some redskins caught about the
same size few years ago. and not far from where l
caught this ore. little below where hsed there
could be caught salmon, salmon toout, and sturgeon
caught large number Of trout weighing two or
three pounds, and lost that was fully six
FOUNDER. nearly lost ten FOUNDER two or three
times, as the line got enangled in my long leather
watch chaln, which with my sxdollar nickle watch
had bought for the highway robbers. These gentlemen
had gone thronghtwo stages Just before arrived,
making the passengers stand up and robbing each
stage OF 81, 800 or 81. 600.
"That Ii the fish story brag of. but now viii tell
you funny one. lad gone to RattIesnake Creek to
fish brought out my rod one day and began putting
II together. crowdo OF cowboys and miners gathered
around and began to 1eer me- IT wasa pretty rod and
they wanted to know what had packed such thing
out there for. Then put the reel and that made
more sport. But when showed them my files they
| roared. That broke the canel's back. asked then
In serious tone what they used for bait, and the,
said grasshoppers and crickets. Then pretended no
to know what they were and asked them where the,
grew aud II they caught grasshoppers In the river
They thought they had struck "tenderf foot ~ sure
| The man with whom had put up asked me to 20 NJ
the creek, and said he would help me get some FISH
SO tried to catch grasshopper and succeeded after
| while, meanwhile greatly amusing the cowboys II
| the mans astonIshment told him to go ahead.
soqp got tired Of fishing with the grassh0pper and pu
on fly. The brook had never been fshed with HE
and soon had string about u foot and half long
some forty or nifty nice mountain trout. My fIien,
came around after n while TO how was gettinl
along, and then says hes ''Gosi, where did you ge
| themY No, sir. won't go back to camp with you
not by blamed sight, lie had not got quarter n
| many and guess he wOn't laugh at man again he
| cause he happens to have a nice rod and flies ~