The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1893-12-14
ON q NORWEGIAN RIVER.
Playing o lSlg saimom for an NouF ans
Twenty Minutes.

Twenty Minutes.
It was scorching day. not ciouo
in thc sky, and the river dead low. !
started off down the woodland path
that led with many wind and turn. 10
the "Fir Tree pool" Before me lay
the skeleton of splendid salmon pool.
except at the top. where strong ana
very rough stream rushed among lot
OF high powders The bottom was
clearly visible everywhere, and one
place, which fortnight before hao
been an almost certain find. was liter
aliv high and dry. In the center OK the
neck OF the pool was certain spot,
very hard indeed to get the ny to dwell
upon, which had often been pointed
out to me by my attendant, "ammei
Peter" as good cast in low wator' o"'
had never even attempted It,
Having carefully adjusted the favor
lite local pattern on strong single GUT
cast, anil struggled into my waders'
ginycrly proceeded to wcnd my way
along an extremely slippery ledge OF
rock, over which the water ran IN
swift stream a very few PAGES IN
was as deep az dare venture. then the
water shoalcd and emerged upon the
rock from which only the cast might
be reached. After few tries | man
aged at last TO put the fly nicely over
The bit o. dark water: there 1T dwctt
tcmptingly for two or three seconds
and. lust as it was whiSilcd away by
side stream. saw dark tail show for
an instlnt among the foam. A heavy
fish that, and well worth taking
some truu IL over | thought, and
once more SIT down to rest him bit.
In ten minutes. by my watch, the NY
was over hin nrain--again the black
and fan-like tail showed against the
white water, and was fast. \ horri-
bic grinding of the line. rs against
sharp rock. succeeded, but only for q
brief SPACE, luckily: then the salmon
shot up and into the air with mag
niGccnt leap. and rushed OFF straight
for n ledge of rock on the opposite bank;
but he ovcrShot the mark an landed
there quite yard from the water. high
and dry. After desperate scramble
he managed to "warsal" bacls into his
native element. and much to my relief.
WAS induced Ivy Il severe application OF
the butt TO return to the place whence
he came; evidently he had not apprcci-
ated his temporary Sojonrn on terra
firma. Then ! began to rctrace the
pcrilous way toward the shore, which,
|
with one leg only of my waders half
full of water Getting in again well
below my fish | gave him the butt
as hard as darc'l. and succeeded in
forcing him ont OF hi> pl 'ce OF retreat
on nv side of the objectionable fowl
ders. Had he played a forcing game at
/ this periol he must have beaten me,
but as It was established funk. sue
cessfully negotiating a rather nasty
rapid. and we arrived in company at
the Green Banks" in whose still
dccps tired him ont Well WAS it that
! had the fold NJ GAIT with me. AS it
was he hal boon on for hour and
twenty minutes before he lay gaspin2
on the turf beside nc. Il noble fish Of
twenty-cight and onc-half pounds
A thick. decpShouldcrcd salmon but
bit brown. and with a decided hook
on his lower jaw. he looked powerful
creature, and l began to wonder ii by
nnv possible chance he had left his
mate behind him in that scething caul-
dron out among the rocks. We're that
40 pity 'twere they should remain any
longer apart, if could in any way as
sist their reunion. SO, fixing up new
cast, waded out again TO my work,
performing the journey In comfort on
my stocking soles, instead of. as before.
skating about on wadinR brogucs. My
first efforts met with no response, al
though succeeded in making the fly
dwell nicely several times over the de-
sired spot; but, before giving up, pre-
paratory to starting off home. | tried
that good old pattern. "IIlack Dose. v
At the first time OF asking n fish took 1t
under water, and sank quietly to the
bottom, where for some time he kept
jig5cring in an unpleasant fashion be-
fore he started on little journey up
stream. This, however, could not
stand at any price, and just as he got
dangerously near the fnr side of big
bowlder, the strain told, and he came
tumbling down, passed through the
basin, where he rose, and away down
to the tail of the pool. Before had
succeeded in getting ashore he had over
one hundred yards of the line out, and
80 dcterminedly did he force his way
downstream that had the greatest
difficulty in avoiding being run out.
In the middle of the rapids below,
however. was able to get on terms:
together we reached the Green Banks, ="
and within a dozen PAGES OF where
had landed the male fish some two
hours before GATED out the female
.wenty-four FOUNDER. -Fishing Ga
zette.
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