The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-04-11
HIS FAvoR1rE SPOT FOR trout.
One Days sport ON n Ripping Stream In Pike
County Leo TO His Choosing II.

one Days sport ON n Ripping btrenm IN FIX
County Lea TO His Choosing II.
"The trout.fshing season Is looming up big
not far ahead, l imagine, from the way 1 heal
folks talking about where they're going when II
comes along for fair said an Eric Railroad Off
cial. Everyone has n favoritc place for going
after trout, and 1 have mine, too. go TO the
came place every year, and always with uniform
success. The way l came to prefer that place
was my first experience on q trout stream some
years ago.
1T was up in Pike county, Pa. l went up
there with n friend to spend the summer, and
one day 1 thought I'd go out and try the de-
light of trouting. It was q nice creek whore j
went 1t flowed through a meadow. and with.
out delay 1 began to cast tho cruel barb. The
cruel barb wasn't tipped with tho def counter.
part OF a gay winged fly. 1t WINS entwined by
the gyrating denizon OF tho fresh.turned turf.
/ fshed the stream several rods without ~coaxing
any unsuspocting trout to take the bait. Then
suddenly 1 got a bite. Licky-te.brindlei
down the creek went the bitter. 1t took
all tho line Off tho reel and then took me.
Down the creek 1 went after IL. l was on
the shore, for the water looked cold, and /
thought i might do just as effective killing from
the shore as by wading. After 1 had run down
the stream something like an eighth of a u'ile,
the trout suddenly doubled and rushed up
stream. Then up I Y went, as fast as l had gone
down, until at last l took to thinking I'd have to
drop the rod and let the fish havo its own way
with the whole business. Just then the fish
stopped. and ! reeled in the line, q little piece Of
work in this gentle art that hadn't occurred to
me before. 1 had the limo well taken In, and
stood close on the edge of the brook, when the
fish started for shore, toward the spot where I
was standing. 1t never stopped, but climbed right
up on the land, and before 1 recovered my head
my leg was being neatly wound up In a water
snake that could have been sold for a yard, good
measure. 1 took some OF tho best steps the
Highland fling can produce. dropped my rod.
and made railroad time toward a fence that
doomed gratefully up on the further side OF the
b beid con nhs ss snak ksT dr soppss the me aha then 4 and a.dn after ~ !
me that 1t might not be quite the proper caper to
loaye a lot of high-priced borrowed fishing tackle
snake was moving deliberately Off with line,
rod, and all. l cut of about ten feet of the line
That tussie ratified ME a little. but I made up
my mind that 1t was only a touch of fshermRn's
luck, 80 ! tied on another hook, tangled it up
with O worm, and once more went for the ripples.
] dashed the hook some more. By and by came
to a nice foamy pool that swept along the odge
l thought I must surely catch a big trout there.
And did. As was admiring It's beauty as it
"'see here, your tho voice said. DO you
know what you'll get III you don't make tracks
OF, o this here landi II you don't I kin soon
tell Youi. .,,una r,o y. u,,.
was q horney-fsted son of the plough. He told
me he'd give mt five minutes to vacate the
promises. l was too tired to argue with this
citizen, SO I picked up my trout and started TO
.retraco my steps without sassing back.
mo you don'ti' exclaimed the farmer. That's
aR' in the rules of this here property
And do you know. that gentle ploughman
made me give up the trout, and wouldn't allow
me TO get of his land except by plunging into
and across the chilly brook. which was up to my
neck, and clambering up the steep bank on tho
other side.
THAT was my first days sport on a rippling
stream. l liked It so well that I've gone
after trout every season since. Not on that
My favorite spot is Fulton Market"