The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-08-07

eay To George intsfrogatively. 'You no
catch EN- that way" he replies, - he
pointx 10 my flies. which have fallen in .
heap. AZ . result Of unskillful casting.
That s6akse me mad. cast harder than
bsfors and my line gets tangled and the
dice fkss on 70 the vatse with splash that
must l.sve carried terror 70 the heart Of
every .isnid wstsr homo holder Of that
portioc Of the stream. Finally go that
my sagesnss 10 % fault I set 70 work 70
6sh. quit using muscle and tried "een-
Tie ast = liftsd my dies from the water
with Gpsck action. then let my rod pause
until ths line had Strengthened out BE-
hind. and brought u forward smarsly,
making the spring Of my wiliovy split
bambes. and not my arm. do the work.
] IVES rewarded ~ seeing forty feet Of line
laid cat - smoothly ~ In the
days II yors. whom I thought I would
not be presumptuous In entering fiy-cast-
ing Tournaments. Zipi What 10 thatf At
the ems Of my line go the water broken
by coEtsntric circles Of such size ~ to in
dictate that good-sised fish has been in
vestigasing the strstcher hy. jerk, but
there Ia no fish. cast again and there 10
anothc. rise. followed by another in quick
succession, and that followed by third
still l have no fish. Another cast, and
when ! see the water break pull the line
towarss me and feel monetary tug; still
no nsE. George II thoroughly disgustcd.
have presented myself to him in all the
gorgeous panoply Of an angler. handmade
split b. anbo0 rod. complete assortment Of
fiies sad oil that. and yet cant catch
fish. lot Of men cant fish. do Just like
you" says George. That makes me mad
I cast again. and when the risc comes
strike lust simple turn Of the wrist
and frc,a the Juggling Of the line know
have htgs,. The barb 10 fastened. Fight
a. he wsli, and the harder the better, no
cannot set away. and . few moments later
. nice eisable trout adorns the bottom Of
my crssl. Now my hand 10 In. George
watches me with interest ~ rise after rise
results a stricken trout and another tish
In the i. ECKER work. Finally he unbends.
He sees that have ished before and oniy
need . ..ssls brushing up to equal some Of
the srsssts Who have graced his canoe In
years gone by. George does not talk
much. hat can zee that he 10 taking an
interest in my success He takes me 20
pool behind snag and laconicai,y remarks.
.sCatcf, zen fish here" take in ten in a.
many ,asts aud still they are rising.
George paddles away despite my remon-
ssrancra; for no 10 saving the pool for
another day aud other fishermen.
But tlsssrs are other pools. and when
It noca I find myself at L. Reialg's
beautiful place. three miles mp the river.
my cres. Is nearly full. An hour delight
fully sssnt in eating dinner that would
do hos.ser to any city cuisine and smoking
Q Pipe IN . wsii-kept lawn surrounding .
cottasy shat il - modern In appearance
and cessvenienees - any In Seattle. re-
freehexs sne and gave me sest for the after
noon s.sort. Then the beautiful trip up
the river, around the big bends with
paupes 81 the foot Of every rifle and be-
hind thss snags, With occasional excursions
to sorDs sheltered bank where . pound
front r,sSht b coAxed out. gave an snsini-
,u.as az liversiou. What fishing there
"a, IN ,he big etid,es ~ the mouth Of the
South York, only George vas anxious to
set fastncr up stream before nightfall.
How. 20 Twilight came on. the trout
leaned about ~ and tempted delay.
40 thu: q O'Clock arrived before
the Nsrth FofE Vas reached. Then
came s,etteg sport The nvef sAs
literally swarminR With FISH, Doubles
and sr:,sss vsrs not uncsnmon. All
little oaes were promptly rcsurned TO sne
stream. I am afraid TO tell how many
srea, Ysmoved from their natural sas-
mens IL; the next half hour. for ! ara
modes, nan and do nos wish to Be Award
Cd the saslm Of being the champion liar.
suffice q that when the canoe Was drawn
M on st.s hank and ! had tined my crsel