Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1895-04-06

alder. He wrenched IL free-rho on,
would have held the sea serpent AL
10 .'ii'e hiineless insects fell into the
&C., y q lump, with u large piece OF
hornet ! suggested 10 Georgc that 81,
SHOULD take II on, and George answere 1
mat u didn't matter. Three timos
more he hurled the hles M the unof,
lending water, like Zeus hurting
tnuhderDolt. and then another fish rose
10 MIN. but missed the dies. George
chueked his menagerle At IL and hooked
~ ~ had taken the hornet.
stood and watched George for an
h9ur ON that creamy June morning
mneh the water was ia beautiful con.
/ uiuoh and the fish were on the feed
Althohgh ] would not have waited one
minute OF II 10 look at the finest fisher
i hlhg He ratified his flies ON the
water ne churned the still pool into
roam. ne Knocked nj is as II ii was the
ciosed door and he the FIVE foolish
fnglhs' ne struck II as with a rhinoc.
sfoshlne whip; he beat IL: he logged
~ ne banged IL; he slapped IL: he did
"ftfyti ming but ish H. The unnamablp
insects new this way and that through
me asiOhlshed air They swooped ON
70 the water like cruel hawks, or lions
hpIlIklhG az nnsuspeciing fawns, but
Whut made II worse WIS that Ge0rg
caught hsh He caught many heavy
fish
For two days George continued u
catch many heavy fish and was sei1-
ously thinking ~ writing 10 the "FIeld'
about him. illustrating my article with
photographs ~ the water as the flies
struck tue surface. aud with full-szed
iraclngS Of the flies themselves. The
nrst day he caught thiriy-ive fish. and
The sacpnd day fOrty.one. Then the
end came. M man can catch good
baskets ~ fish without wishing Ia
catch better and Georges evil genius
prompted him 20 practice fishing with
som" what lighter hand After dinner
ihat night We were smoking on the
lawn. and George brought olt his iish
ing rod ani asked lis 10 show him how
We cast without making such splash
II he mastered the rudime Is of fish.
INK. u seemed 20 him not unreasonably.
that II "a his unqucstiunable genius for
catching fish there WAS added art. he
would AZ once rise 10 a position which
had never yet been attained So until
d grew quite dark. George made the
quiet air hideaus with the blue. bottle.
the hornet and the tortoise she'll but
terfy
Next morning he hshed steadily from
breakfast time 10 lunch aud caught
nothing The fish were on the rise for
"A fun hour and half TINT morning.
and Tom and | both caught a fair LOT.
At lunch George wss morose and In.
Weighed against Art, sayiag that Ma
,ure was the only guide and that he |
woiild 20 back 20 his state ~ limo /
cencr aud ignorance ~ all that bIlmy 4
afternoon hr fished AS no man but he /
had ever iished before. his flies fell /
heavily IN lump. and cruelty and win /
distiyely beat upon the stream. yet /
no ash rose. The secret WIS gone.
For two more days he persevered, /
and even now. though he fishes well.
sometimes the sweet madness u the /
secret comes on him again. and he I
hurls large flies ~ the tender trout.
bu7 without result. The secret Is ire
trievahly lost
do not attempt to explain Georges
secret whether the FISH We're all mad,
or whether they were So much sur
priSed that In mere absence 81 mind
they rose NJ Georges thunderous at.
tack do not know ! can only state
that for those two days they rose az
him like one man. when. 20 Judge 10y
all We know about the habits ~ fish.
they ought "a have hidden themselves
under stones until the tempest was
overpaSt. IN any case their con iuci Tor
these two days only confirms my opin-
ion ~ the Euphnt trout. that you
-an get quite exceptional fishing among
hem r 4 henson. author Of Dodo.
in The sketch.