The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-10-16
TROUT FISHsNG.
CASTING s;sIae Fly in an 1ce-HSrdered
STREAM With Gratifying Success.

81 never waded through snow IN m
life before to fish for Trout said
weal known New York angler, .s4but
did it on Friday last-May day, .and
was within less than haIf sG davis rid
of New ,.York at that. / went O
Thursday night to Pocana, Monro
county, Penn, on the boundary tof tn
Pike es1Ounty,wilderness, so that I ceul
get ah early start to stream that rise
in that county, and enjoying dhe open
ing day upon II. If there is any ON
who thilks that the 1st of May is 40
early enough fer the trout season 81
open in the mountain region of thi
or any other state, he should have bee,
along with meilast Friday. I ;swok'
TO find Geld northeast rainstorm or
hand, and when | inquired for a guide
to go with me to. the stream the land
lord of the tavern, locked at me as if ht
thought 1 was crazy.
"'1e hainf goin' to try to keGcI
trout to-day, he YEP" he said. ''Why,
ye can't git no worms yit, and tAe
woods is full Of snow and the creeks
has got ice on Hem!''
81 don't want 1 replied
i fish with a fly 1 didn't believe his
talk about snow and ice.
But trout won't jump at fly yet,
he insisted. 'Ye've got,toJhave worms.
l insisted on going to the creek, and
and he sent out and got NE a strap.
ping big mountaineer to act as guide.
The guide himself was considerably
| staggered at the idea of going out on
condition they were alleged to be, to
| fic fo,, Will I,
but he finally agreed to 60 with me for
SIS and his rum and we started. 1
found out from the guide on our way
ing regions of Northern Pennsylvania
is always ready for action in the
streams with his bait and tackle as
soon as the law allows fishing, and, if
the conditions are favorable he is ready
week or so before. He uses the
worm, not because he cannot cast the
fly, for he has come to be al expert at
fly fishing since visiting sportsmen
Aaught him the art. but because from
time out of mind he has stubbornlv
clUng to the belief that the trout will
not jump at the artificial fly so long as
there is snow water in the streams or
until the natural insects have put in
tain region through which the creeks of
Northern Pennsylvania flow is apt to
have winter Enger NC with it so late
that it has been a rare thing for sports
men from the cites to risk the discom-
forts and uncertainties of a visit to it
on opening day, which has always been
on the 1st of April except in Pike coun-
ty. For this reason the streams have
been left to the inroads OF the native
fisherman with his horse hair line and
angleworm for weeks at a time, aGd
Tie native never saw anything to alter
his belief that trout will not Jump un-
der the conditions mentioned. 1t was
my mission, l tn nix, to correct that
old-time idea in at least one good spec
linen of the backwoodsman on Friday.
''We arrived at the brook about 9
o'clock in the morning. 1t was in a
good condition as to quantity of water,
but my heart sank within me when 1
saw that the story about the snow and
the ice was only too true. The most
enthusiastic angler never yet saw
much promise of a very enjoyable days
sport while tying on his flies standing
mp to his knees in snow, and gazing
on a stream W. tn deep borders of ice
fringing it as far as the eye could see.
especially if one of the coolest and
most penetrating transforms was pelt-
ing down upon him. My guide tried
to coax me to return at once, but | had
travelled over 100 miles to enjoy open
ing day in mountain stream for the
first time in my fe. and l was bound
to enjoy it. Well, L fished that creek
for over mile, and caught over 100
trout But bah! 1t was just like
catching suckers to pull them out.
wouldn't have cared for the discom-
forts of the days fishing if the trout
had only been capable Of acting up TO
Their nature. caught one trout that
was fifteen inches long, but he showed
so little fight that had no idea he
was of more than ordinary size until 1
got him out of the water, The trout
took the fly with SO little animation
that sometimes | wouldn't know my
feather had been touched by any effort
the trout would make. Out of one
hole, on the bank above which was a
snow bank in VIII ch [ stood almost to
my middle, took fifteen trout, one af-
ter another, like SO many sticks. Two
weeks later these trout would have
we ghed almost as much aga n. quit
in disgust on taking my Tooth trout.
and, being wet to the skin, 1 joined
my guide, who had driven to bark
cabin near by and built roaring fire
in the fireplace. 1t stopped raining
soon afterward, and we had a compar-
atively comfortable ride to the tavern.
had hard work to convince the old
woodmen who were congregated there
that l had taken the trout w tn a fly.
1t was a new revelat' on to them. and
knocked their old theories sky-high.
If any one wants to 60 into the noun
tains and wade through snow for the
sake of catching a few early trout he
is welcome to go. AS for me I wait
after this until the water is warm
enough to wade in and until the trout
are gamy and fat"
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