New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-04-17
TROUT FISHING ~ CONSECTICCT
COLD WEATHER rots XOT PREVENT SOME Goor
sPOHT-A FOWL o. TIE LINE.

COLD WEATHER rOtS HOT PREVENT SOME G0or
spoHT-A FOWL o. TIE LINZ.
Norwich. Conn. April &c CSpccal.-The prolonged
sprinc drouih and cold weather Ia connecticut
have been un.8yO:.bc t. trout fishing In the opening
two weeks OF the sca,on Yet many iaTSc strings nave
already been taBcn. and some remarkably big i,h.
On the morning Of Lle first day. which was clear ana
frosty sport,men patioed ;hc streams OF Eastern Con
uectcut iu ovcrcoa,s and lined gloves and halted their
hooks with angle TINT had been frozen as suI
as wire hops In their boxes. Meadows along the
banks were frozen solid and there good Stating
in the svainp,. 4 few spOrsEca had fair luck how
ever but m0sI OF the fsheriDen came home at night
with emptv cr.cls and half frozen fingers. Tho
weather has been little better since. SIN the fish bite
LOT Of front haze been taken in all parts Of the
state this week. At Putnam a day two ago +. T.
Whitney and ". Il. Smith In ten hours fishing took
ninety trout from wild" brook that village
and their cntch IL about the best In the State up
70 date Most % the fish were 81 good Size. william
Maxon, Of Portland. six hours Tuesday and
returned with twenty six handsome treat, the biggest
Weighing us: seventeen ounces. and several Others
were almost equally as large.
An ArsOnia yOunpster madc queer "stFlke' one
day this week, according 10 the veteran bsh'Tmih
Sam" smith, who told the story Of 1t TO party Of
laughing sportsmcn In store Ia that town. The little
chap had been trout fishing. and since he had
10 tackle he stole his fathers long handled fOad
a fat grub. Then he dropped the apparatus on the
ground In the front yard and scurrled into the house
TO get his lunchcon. While he away, along came
the finest rooster The farm, srutting and CHECKING.
who espd the lated hook and generously called his
family OF hens 10 the feast but Just Of the
hens aObut To seize the grub. the rooster changed
his mind and ate II himself. Then he walked of and
the OX-gOad went with him rod 50, when he
changed Ills mind again. With screcch he went
into the air the wbiplash keeping him company In
his Night. and when he landed the earth he rolled
over half dozen tines winding himself lightly with
the tackle. and lay there squawkng and nuttcrng
helplessly. COmmO'lOn regncd In the farmyard
The pigs squealed in sympathy, the house dog barhed.
fisherman and his father alarmed by tho uproar,
lively work the farmer managed 10 strnightcn tho
kinks out OF tue situation. Every effort his part
was futile. however, TO extract the hook from the
ROSTERS c1illet and he finally took the fowl TO the
chopping block and cut It's head off. In that way
he recovered the hook. Then he took his offspring
into the shed and impaired important nd
vice 70 him that WIS inayticulate. but distinct
Is audible In all quarters Of the farmyard.
After doing this he silently stecred the youth into
the back yard, put his own troui-rod In the boys
hands. and said significantly: Now you might as
well 90 fishing
Theodore Miller. Of stamford whipping Roybury
stream day this week. fastened 70 Il big fellow
that fought Hereby a sturgeon for SIX or eight
minutes Miller had hard work TO land him. lie
finally led the FISH into shallow place and then
hung him Oh the bank. The fish weighed two ana
uree-urarer pounds, and is the biggest trout taken
with hook and line in the state this season.