The sun., 1894-05-06
FrRsr or 1HE sEAsow
so-s Breszy Fi-b stories n, orvht 20 Town
by |. suiivar Couuty Hnr.

so-s Rreszy Fi-b stories n, ourht 60 Town
by - Suliivar Couutp sHar.
I" The creeks up our way haven't got into
first class condition for trout fishing yet"
said Andrew Jackson Depue OF Sullivan coun-
ty. and although good many large trout
have been taken now and then there nre no
particularly big catches to be reported. But
the Yield Of nsh stories up'to date Ia exceed
ingy good. A friend OF mine was fishing In a
fayorlte trout preserve the other day with two
others Their luck had been Door BY and
By they got hungry. and laying their rods on
the bank with bnited hooks in the water.
they retired to their lunch boxes to re-
fresh themselves. When they returned to
their fishing my friends rod was missing.
Atrail male by the rod In the soft soil OF the
shore. from where tho butt OF the rod had lain
to the edge Of the bank. showed that the rod
had been dragged into the water by something
that had taken tho halted hook. As there are
no lsh In that particular water but trout, and
as II was by no means likely that fishing rod
could drag itself ten feet or so over the ground
and dive out OF sight in the pond. IL didn't re-
auire a lightning calculat TO figure out that
the trout that had walked of with the outfit
must necessarily be OF n build somewhat out
OF the usual run Of brook trout. and my friend
mourned more over the loss Of the flsh than he
did over the unceremonious APPROPRIATION OF
This striking demonstration Of the posi-.
bllites Of that pool started the two fishermen
who hadn't lost their tackle to fishing again
They hshed and nshed for half an hour but
never got bite; Then one OF the anglers. in
and when he had slowly drawn the resisting
object to the surface the party were mazed to
see that Il was the tip end OF my friends rod.
caught. The rod was dragged ashore, and
when ny friend got possessi9n Of his ROD
whole Of his tackle back until he landed some
thing that was lighting at the other end OF the
minutes before my friend found out how big
the trout was, Then he succeeded n landing
the smaiI boy. So With s his T stIr chestnu. POLE
the easy and successful killer OF big trout
with the costiiest tackle. who have Whipped
and whipped the stream in vain, but haven't
Sullivan coanty He came out strong ia an.
other way. though. up along the Neysrsink the
out playing along a little spring run that
comes into the main stream near his fathers
ens ike Maes and 10 ,he
door she & saw him lying on his stomsch s In the
and dry above the water. because he was yell
almost dew 70 the run, and was on the point Of
ysnkine Johnny out by the hair OF his head.
"''Tain't me- it's the fshi Git q basket or
dishpan or sum pin. and SCOOP him out"
Johnnys mother ran back to the house and
came back with q dishpan. Then Johnny
raised up enough to reveal the proportions OF
slam N Ing big trout. which he was clutchinc
In both hands Ills mother slid the pan under
Johnny and the trout and acooped the latter
out. The report Is that the trout weighed
three pounds 1t had run up from the river
into the spring run and got into shallow water.
where It's floundering attracted Johnny's at
tention and he swooped down on II ike hawk.
A party Of fishermen went up from Middle
town into sullivan county last week. and
among the trout that one Of them caught was
one foot and a half long. Tho stream was
near enough to house for them to get there
with the trout alive. and they nut II In horse
trough. While they were admirnR II one OF
the party left his hook. which was baited with
o big angle worm. lying on the ground. his rod
resting over his shoulder. Suddenly his reel
began to whizz and. looking around In sur
prise. he saw Q big Brahma rooster going
at q 2:40 gait away with his line. he had
sneaked up and gobbled the worm. hook and
all. There was an exciting time on the farm for
a while. but the line held. and the squAwking
rooster WAS captured. The fisherman offered
to buy the rooster OF the farmer. but the farm
er cut the line of close to the ROSTERS bill
and said that he didn't think the fish hook
would interfere with his digestion any. The
farmer said he'd keep the big trout. though
Just to show that no had no hard feelings
against the careless angler. And he did"