Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1893-09-22

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fellow. no matter how hard he may
work, to make decent show of fish
in his basket. The total catch of our
party of i've, all good fishermen. too,
had been ba ell sufficient 10 supply
the iarder, and as our outing was
drawing to a close and time limited,
for we were to start home the ext
morning. we were naturally anxious
to strike some good h lding ground"
where the bass would better apGre-
ciate our efforts and enable us to carry
home n respect able string of fish.
There was one particu arly fine sire CHI
of water about half mile below the
camping ground which ! knew of old
was line bass ground" and for tn s
spot / made as quickly as possible.
Cautiously walking below and then
stealthilY approaching the promising
shallow which skirted the pool in
which | expected TO find my quarry 1
commenced casting. | was using nv
favorite fly, tied on No | sproat
hook. The long and delicat" casting
which / carefully made enabled me To
reach every likely looking nook and
corner in the rush and weeds without
Delaying my presence to the fish, and
should have brought forth some sign
of reco milton from the finny tenants
with which felt sure the pool was
stocked, but it was of no use, not
fish could | stir so after an hour
hard labor, during which | left no
corner of the water untried, ! stepped
ashore, laid down, lit pipe and took
things easy About zen minutes aft
erward | happened to glance oward
the pool and saw the wake of n large
! &c n arnCCa1 tho cha low Ii n a
sought the weeds beyond This started
me up again, and, piuuging IN the
pool, | commenced casting toward the
spot where the fish was a snag, |
thought, as m fly caught something
and refu, ed to release it cl . An in
slant afterward my opinion changed.
The line shot out taut to the surface.
The reel whizzed at lightning speed
and long dark form flashed away
across the pool with an irresistible
pull that bent my light fly rod nearly
double and defic my efforts to con rol
it. It's a dog fish, sure, | thought,
and, although disapI ointed at my cap
ture, | prepared to have all the fun {
could from the contest.
Round and round the pool he
dashed, but what struck me as strange,
kept at the top of the water and never
attempted TO make for the we DIS.
Had he done this | should certainly
have him, for my fine leader would
not allow of sufficient strain to head
him off. played him in the poo for
about fifteen minutes. putting on all
the pressure dared, but this had Lot
the slightest effect. lie still swan az
strong as ever and the best ! could do
was to let him run around at his own
sweet will and keep a tight line all
at once he made a bee line through n
deep narrow channel into IA shallow
basin beyond. / waded after him and
was just congratulating myself on
getting him into a tight place where 1
could handle him better, when back
he shot again into the pool, doubling
the line on me in what nearly proved
n fatal ENHANCEMENT. For another
fifteen minutes the contest went on
without any Pc ceptible weakening OF
my Victim: at last determined TO end
1t one way or the other i gave him
the butt, put on as much pre- sure as l
dared, headed him off in all his efforts,
worried and twisted him and made
him work hard for every inch he
swan At last he weakened and /
commenced to reel him II. Slowly
and sullenlv he yielded to the pres
sure approaching the ready net inch
by inch, revealing at last an enor-
nous gar-hsh. ! just managed to
scoop his bill and shoulders into the
net, which was fortunately u deep