Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1895-06-21


by the man who has been so big factor
in this nations government ever since
1884.
Nowadays Mr.. Cleveland fishes for
the speckled beauties with n fly only,
and the handsome specimen that was
taken from the water the other day by
the chief executive was caught with the
most modern of tackles Time was, how
ever, when Grover was a country boy,
that. like all the rest of Us, he did his
trout fishing with worm for bait. Per-
haps he used an ordinary Fish line"
and pole cut in the woods, and maybe
he spit ON the worm after its implement
in order to increase its attractiveness to
the hoped for victim. Possibly his line
was horsehair. skillfully twisted with
two quilts, and he may have used ami
seed oil to attract the fish, but which
ever method he used there is little doubt
that he enjoyed trout fishing as heartily
in the days when he made use of the
humble worm as now, when he is an ex-
pert fly caster.
1t may not be so, but it must seem 70
the general reader that the men who en-
gage in public affairs are more general
ly devoted to angling than are those of
any other class. Certainly larger pro-
portion of those whose names are often
seen in print than of the ordinary run
Of men make fishing a regular amuse-
ment, so to speak, though this may not
be because public men and men of af-
fairs are of necessity anglers. 1t is more
likely due to the fact that men who have
won enough prominence to be often men
toned in type must have also reached
degree &c financial independence that
makes it possible to spend the time
which you will remember is money-for
fishing AT any rate, prominent men
like TO fish and do fish, and we are all
privileged to read of the fun they have,
whether we ourselves can afford to fish
or not.
United States Senator and ex-Secre-
tary Redfeld Proctor of Vermont is one
of the most devoted fishermen in the
country. and at the very moment you are
reading this he is probably fly casting for
trout in a noted little pond ON the top OF
Pico, one of the Green mountains, away
back from everywhere and accessible
only by difficult IL mile drive over
billy roads from Rutland. The senator
has recently purchased this pond and
erected ON its border a small clubhouse,
and very latest fishing news included an
item that Senator Proctor proposed short
" to take his brother senators, Platt and
Aldrich, to his private fishing grounds,
where all three would undoubtedly en-
JOY much royal sport for a few days.
Senator Proctor has two smaller ponds,
back of the clubhouse, from which he
occasionally stocks up the main pond,
and those who have been favored with
invitations from the senatorial owner i'll
years past tell most entertaining tales
of the eagerness of the fish in these ponds
to be caught. A take of 600 by three
men in five hours is one of the mildest
of these stories. Vermont is regular
paradise for trout fishermen. The
streams of the Green mountain region
fairly swarm with the beautiful fish.
New Hampshire also is fine state for
the trout fisherman, and the authorities
of that commonwealth have been and
are doing all in their power to keep up
its present reputation, for they realize
that the presence of many fishermen