St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-04-24

Adams-OhI John, come here and see
what Fitch has done.
tSmedberg emerged from the "parlor
bedroom" In long night shirt ana knit
SILK night cap, seized the basket, then .
newspaper, which he spread upon the
carpet, emptied the trout thereon. ar
ranged them side by side and equaliZed
them as an officer does company OF
soldiers, then, with pocket scales,
weighed the basket, put the trout in Il
and weighed IL again. then spakel
Smedberg-Fiteh, you haven't been
gone an hour. You've caught sixteen
trout; they weigh eight pounds. That's
splendid; beats anything we done BY
daylight Let's all dress and 90 aud Try
u again.
Fitch-No. thank you. I'll Join you
In glass OF BinnInger's '0ld q brandy
and water. and then 10 bed.
CURTAIN DROPS.
Seventeen years ago | saw the re-
mains OF Mr. Smedberg, and two years
later OF Mr.. Adams. deposited In vault
In the almost forgotten Marble Gem
etery' i'll New York city. They we're
among tue earliest OF my angling COM
panlons, and my best OK friends.
Both were expert hy fishers, and TO
them | am indebted for much tina.
know or the gentle art.
AT o'clock a. IN. OF June 80, 1868,
a"oke on the NeyersiEk. in Sullivan
county. \. Y. (0n the 18th | had lied
from town and newspapers. that might
not hear or read OF continued disaster
and defeat which, up 10 that time, had
characterized the Union army The
morning was sultry aud the air alive
with insect life. Within half an hour
| was iB the stream, and very soon had
saved fourteen trout, four 10 eight
ounces. which were served at breakfast.
after which | fishsd about one mile
OF the stream. and before / D. ~. | re-
turned 10 the house with a sixteen
pound creei filed with trout ranging
between four aad sixteen ounces. Ate
a hurried lunch and resumed iiy cast
ing at the point where / ceased whip
ping in the morning. About } p. IN.
left the stream with sixteen pounds
more or beautiful trout. slEty-One in
number Ny catch for the day was POS
trout, OF which seyeuty-iiye at least.
being too small 10 keep. we're thrown
back in the stream. make record
here OF this notable days sport, 10 snow
the capabilities OF the Neyerslnk but
twcRty-eight years ago.
ReVrBous nos mOutOGs. July
decided not 10 fist until after dark. II
was in blSsfui ignorance that on that
day the battle OF Gettysburg. the be-
ginning OF the end OF the war, began, or
| should have been less happy.l
The evening OF the day was beautl-
ful, the atmosphere still and sultry, sky
unclouded. and the queen or night at
her best When she hld dispelled the
last of twilight began whipping the
pools winch had tished the day before.
About 10 O'Clock | returned to my tenn
porary home and saw counted aud
weighed my evenings catch. | had
thlrty-three trout, weight eleven
pounds.
remained on the stream two weeks.
On the evening of my departure, az
Ellenyille, n. Y, where | stopped for
the night. first learned OF the series
Of battles beginning with Gettysburg,
and closely followed by those OF Vicks-
burg, Port Hudson, Hanover, etc.
The bout was one of the most success
ful and best remembered of those taken
in each of the past forty eight years
One incident more ~ coniirma ton of
Brother Harris experience. In the
first week OF June. 1889, bshed Oh the
east branch OF the Neversnk, aud left
tie steam some three miles from my
stopping place. 1t soon became so dark
that j could not see my hand before
my face, or my nose OH It." as that
prince Of anglers and men, the !anented
Dr. w alter de +. Day, expressed IL when
describing a similar night OH the Never
sink. But for my familiarity with the
road and my long landing net handle,
by which | was enabled TO feel
my way. | could not have kept
the road Near the end of my
walk the highway ran through a pine
grove, where the darkness was intensi-
fed, and along the margin or pool IN
which | had preyiuu sly taken small
trout. When opposite il heard a splash
/ he that caused by leaping trout |
hastily pulled the line from the reel.
swaying the rod back aud forth until
judged twenty-five OF thirty feet OF line
was out. and cast the line over the pool.
Instantly the fly was taken. and. strik-
ing gently. threw back my rod so as
to bring the the line IN reaching dis
lance OF my left hand, with which /
caught il, put the butt end OF my rod on
the ground. letting it rest IN the hollow
OF my left arm. and thus had the use OF
both hands in drawing the fish to shore.
While thus engaged man ran against
me with considerable force. and was
much surprised at my Hello there -
He recognized my voice and | his.
landed the fish and five others, ayerag
Ing about SIX ounces each, much to the
surprise of my companion and myself.
| will not bore the reader with fur
Their detailed accounts OF similar in
stances. but will say that since my
discovery in 80. have often tshed AT
night in all stages of the moon, and now
and then in the absence of any. some
times catching trout, and at others
without rise.
As result Of my long experience and
observation. | incline 10 the opinion
that trout rise when they are hungry
and insects are in the air lowering over
the water. and 1t matters not whether
this concurrence happens in The day or
night time.
One may fish on consecutive days, the
temperature, state Of the atmosphere
aud stream being Identical, and upon
one of these DAYS, at certain hours, he
may be very successful, and upon the
other, at the same time OF day. he may
scarcely get rise.
In conclusion | will add that have
written score OF Us fishing bouts, some
of but one or two days, and even but
few hours, generally, however. OF at
least TWO full weeks Ii begins with
1915 and includes 1891 and all the inter
veniug years Ii shows that | have
caught in these years II ,Jl4 trout, all
with fly, save. possibly, a few hundred
taken in the first two years. Although
| lave passed, by some years, the al
Otted span of three score aud ten. |
hope to add something 10 it. as | am still
able and eager To wade a trout stream
and enjoy more than ever the woods
and waters, fly fishing aud its incidents
From my score and accompanying
memoranda, together with a reten
tive memory, | ain enabled 70 give the
dates. numbers. etc. in this too long and