The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-04-07

with ali those
who love fishing. would nave been re-
xsaed until e bore no resemblance 30 me
original fsiT having 3ls=d i've s>ofe ana
% years before the great Puget SOUND VAS
discovered. Hs1h is hundreds of triog-
saries u mountain streams. he left II as
incomplete as dld Ptoiemy his Alr1agesf
Although be was the first 20 ag1empt the
alssefianaf ion Of the science % angling,
and % portray aud tiiate upon The eecen-
aric tastes and habits OK the wary trotS
ia his native zgaunts. he died knowing
naughf Of the new Wonderland, with rs
crystal streams al lakes, teeusnE with
'.apes kIad Ieaasiles" az unknown species,
and To the complete" angler the knowl-
edge 81 the trout. his tastes haunts and
habits In the new Wonderland Is as nee
egEary as the recent discoveries IN astrOn-
omy are 70 the complete" Almagest.
II remains then for some enthusiastic
piaeas0r 81 the present day TO take up
AMI again res sse the treatise Walton and
M reyfsef Charles Cotton. lefA ga such
Oh incomplete state IL shall be the
province ef the writer 20 point out the
field FOR such work rather than attempt
revision h1asen
The Pacide Northwest geographically
g. an tiessI paradise FOR an angler. It's
numerous mountain streams OF clear rapid
waters. It's sylvan lakes nesting la noun
tain basins. It's majestic rivers with gla-
sial sources give 10 81 a charm. an en-
chan;nent. which nature alone can throw
around the soul and make lie TO an ang-
Ter dream Of happiness and JOY forever.
The streams OF Western Washington.
and particularly those Of the Puget sound
country. present study enough for 10zen
volumes. Cor SIS ssore s sufficiently bsoad
so cover the diversified angling Of the en-
tire Pacific Northwest from the Column
bia to the Yukon river in Alaska.
The True Followers of Walton.
To be a follower 81 Izaak Walton" in
the general acceptaiion OF the phrase. ono
has only 80 be II fisherman content to sit
on the bank 81 sluggish stream or mill
pond. with bait. bobber and Bible and pa
ssentiy await the pleasure Of the dun
perch or tho lazy catfish, burt TO be an
angler IN Washington one has to have the
nerse and hardihood 20 wade and ford
streams whose waters are madly rush
ing 20 the sea a. the rate 81 twenty miles
an hour. and the science 10 take three
Y-ound arcui from off swift rapid. or out
OF a swtriing pool. and land him safely
on the gravelly beach
There IN as mich difference between a
fisherman and an angler as there Is be-
tween a potlunter and a Sportsman. The
former taking no chance al his game es-
Gaping the latter always giving ~ fair
chance for It's ilfo. We have few fisher
men tn Washington. Il We except the deep
sea fishermen. and she idlers and plug
gers. who may De counted hy the score
any day tn ths week taking FISH from tho
Sound from the wharves and small craft
tied thereto. perhaps Tor she reason that
few IL any Of tts streams or lakes AFFORD
any opportunity 20 those who are so iazi-
Is inclined but the woods are fun OF en-
thusiastle anglers and genuine sportNncn,
whc ara Afforded the swlftest streams. che
.'earest lakes and the gasniest trout that
natgfe IL hrF benign muplfcence ever te-
slowed uDon any country.
Tie Anglers Paradise.
Ts's IS g very hroid assertion, yet the
fact remains as appareut and as over
towering as does the fact that grand old
Mount Rainier with his diadem 81 per
petual snow. stands alone In all hts ma J.
esty AM grandeur as the solitary giant
OF the Cascades OF a. that cloud-plercirg