The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-04-02
4 BULL ON A FLY ROD.
LIVELY EPISODE OF A DAYS FISHING
IN CALIFORNIA.


the Party Started the Fun, and the skill In,
full Angler Gave an Exhibition Not Com an
mon ON TTouting Trip. Ju
Travelling overland from Santa Bar 70
bara to San Luis Obispo, a." said atourlst vs.
recently returned from southern Call IN
fornia, "our journey as far as Los Olives cc
was by stage. OF the beautiful land and =,
water scenery along the route OF our y,
stage ride two features particularly I'M =,
pressed me. One was the backward view 8,
from the summit Of the coast noun u
tains, with Santa Barbara, IL miles \
back, clustered on the left and right OF q
| its white Main street, the islands be-
You'd and the b1e Pacific. @
1.-THE second was the river that we !
! fordcd shortly before arriving at Los !
Olives. 1t was type Of water course :
common in California, with VIDE,
deep bed, perfectly dry, except where
clear little stream rippled its way along
q narrow channel through sand ana
gravel, winding and eddying round OARS
and powders. A man might leap across
it in many places, and the water did not
come nearly to the wheel hubs as the
stage rolled through it.
"At Los Olives, which we reached at
o'clock D. M, one Of the dishes served
at our excellent supper was trout
caupht. as we learned, in the pretty,
clear stream we had crossed. That deter
. mined us TO stay over day at the sta
= ton to try the fishing. We got out our |
tackle and had day of great sport. 10 |
reach the water we had to get down the
- steep river banks and follow the dry pea
: through which the little stream seemed
10 nick its way. The trout we caught
were of the black spotted mountain va
IN rietv. ranging from 6 to ii inches III
length and averaging about three to the
r Mound Smaller ones we put back III tne
, water.
/" "But there was an experience more
n, exciting than fishing to come before 'ne
~ dav was ended. At noon the ladies' OF
TO- our party came by wagon to join US at
n L., icon. and they accompanied US III
the afternoon fishing. Toward night,
il when we had worked well up toward
rho mountains, some cattle came GOWN
ut Ia the stream to drink, and without ap.
es rareut proyocation lively young pull
bepon TO paw the ground and below un-
nleasantlv and followed these demon
Dv STATIONS up by charging upon our parry
lies Looking up from my hshlnS al .hi'
nd inncture, saw that it was the req plai'
noo shawl of one Of the ladies thai hao ca
cited the animals hostility Gaining u
o'' her tn throw down the shawl ana 10
10 them all to run, | threw stones at Tn
,est bull to divert his attention, while IN
zed other gentlemen of the party helpe
,ree them mn the steep bank where the bu
conId not follow. The bull stopped
the shawl, tossed it about III an ue'
in manner, and then, turning his atten'io
his 70 me, gave me a sharp run across u
, os sands TO the bank | got there all flsh
-, carving my rod, with the line al
leader flying behind, but just as stru'
a. the ton of the bank / felt sudden Jel
attn. of the rods tip, and turning saw .n
'eter one Of my fly hooks had caught the p'
ness. in the nostril.
,.It was one of the queerest catches
ana imagine that ever fisherman MAJ -,
1am- and | literally played that pull Wi'l
q by Av rod for quarter oil an hour, ",
I in him no good will, and besides VAN
70 save my tackle. The nostrll OF u pu
ne Won probably know, Is eXquisi'
sensitive to pain, and with my stro,
'he aexible split bamboo rod, duplica'l
reel and stout gut leader at the eho 9
h,,rdred feet of braided silk manai
were 80 Mold the big creature under cont
,yern- He couldn' t seem to make out what
n the GOT him by the nose, but he hnew
ice at it hurt him worse whenever no 80
break away, and to increase inc ihys'
there was all the time dangling
have switching before his eyes big OF
-, red bass fly that had left on my LEI
io - "a an experiment i'll trout hshlhg
cRson' would strike at it with his horns
Ii. b. his rage at finding he couldnt MT
ne cal a,d that il came back at him every u
,ros comical to witness-from pia'
safety, OF course ~, ,,,
lself as ,.Erom time to time the bull W
ghway charge upon the shawl ana loss
ip and about, and then hao W WI 90
III NV tackle from going by the DC
a. Let in one of these furious cha
Marie. os no lifted the shawl on his horhs
Meeting something give ava, -, ;nto IN,
10 "'N Tho hook had torn loose from his no
udence "a two of the hooks on the II
80 fast in the shawl. / droppe
rod and pulled line and shawl IN,
'ok, in oUer hand. like a Cape Cod fishe
ouglass bauling pollock. The bull didn u
incident TO the situation until l had 90
r.. Leo shawl nearly to the bank, ana Tn
came for it, but it was too late
ped the shawl up to where - we ts
i'll unite standing just as his heao ou'. eua y
re- Hall pendicular pahk VIII 80 18th
month. Brought down earr;ed a good d
Armory sana anu ,i nav 70 complain
lay even was nc ;ts lryner We thought v
p enough g fishing for one day, and It
,ck, aud our enemy mem allowing euo his anger W
exchange sahV "ii ,e,.I1,- Cor tho hot