The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-04-25

/ Az sssS sS1fES4 u the E3fx0n ana Know
OF no easier way TO disturb It's rne3isa-
tons than By attempting 10 steer ecurse
through 1t At tsn-msse clip with BIZ
cycle.
Fish SORES are now In order. Capt A.
4. Leaks. who formerly Was proprietor cs
the Eaxie hUat house AZ tire foot 81 Mad
son street. Lake Washington hut who -
now haaiiH in Judge Moore's court. lends
the van. He has probably caught more
trout out OF Lake Washington ard at the
same time lost larger ORES than any otacr
fisherman. At one time though; was In
the RACE with the captain but after one
encounter gracefully retired. Then BIZ
Hardy. who was immnrsalized by Erassus
Brasaerd IN Forest and Stream as the big
ges, fish story teller in Washington. tried
his luck. He came 10 grief At the FIRST
hurdle and Capt Leake still continues 10
catch more fish and iese larger ones han
all the rest Of Seattle fishermen put to-
gether. 1t was either Saturday or sun
day or Monssay week ago that the eas-
tain took a bashei OF salmon eggs. an Old
! bamboo pole. a black leader. several min
new hooks and q piece Of line and werst
out to Union bay 10 try his luck After ne
had thrown in half busnef Of ne eggs.
taken xood-sixsd chew OF the weed ana
whipped the water 10 stra:ghsen out the
ktnky leader the captain was ready Tor
business. Now some people think THAT al
! a fisherman has 10 do is 10 put an egg or
collection of eggs or his hook and then
throw IL out into the water and wait foF
a bite That is a wrong theory Capt
I.eake fishes by system that Is bis own
and IL is a winner. / viii swear TO i5ls
statement because ] have seen him eaten
trout time and tine again while his reisn-
bors were filling their baskets with cnaDs-
The captain takes several separate eggs
II, his hand and throws them out into me
wafer He aims TO have his bait strike
about the same time that the loose eggs
do and the result Ia that II there are
greedy trout In the neighborhood some
thing Is going to happen On THIS p'lraca-
lar day the captain had the finny tribe
coming his way. He pulled them III anu
ehewed the weed until his haaEet was
filed almost TO overfiowing. Then came
the captains experience. II knew II was
a whopper' said the captain, wneA NJ
took hold. The line Just shot our as II IL
were mad and ] said TO rnyseii. saiu -
sWork him easy or he will fool ger. "eh'
If Won will believe il / got that Cd daddy
of the lake a going up and down and from
right to left until he was Clean tired on,
aud came up 10 the top just IKE Dig
chuh He was monster. ana tiiel the
cautain tried to gauge ham out sos slight
Nv mixed up and finally decided mat ne
Was lust as large as one I had seen him
II
ago II was mean of the captain 10 throw
tn, burden of proof on my shoulders out
I will say that the fish weighed about hve
mounds although it looked as II II wouia
weigh A ton.
II worked him up close the foai, SAID
the captain. land he lay there Oh tue
water Just as calm and peaceful AS III ne
had no thought of what warm reception
was in store for him ! felt mighty DO M
full about getting hold OF him. but ne
looked so tired out that l ought him
close and IN and tried TO fap Elm 9n 'f.s
nost. VIII you believe IL If he didn't 1oss
wIsele that big tail of his at me As moth
as 10 say Good day and away he went
I was so mad / could have jumped INTO
the lake after him. but what ID YOU
Think He came UP TO the top CT tae
water once more and gasped. ana ishcii-
ed for him. ! got my hand on MIN ara
tried to squeeze him, out ne Kept cn sup
ping and finally he shipped away Wen.
j was mad TO lose that fish, lie wcafi
veigh-well. III don't know how much
he would weigh, but lie was "lrrpeF.
Say come along some day. ana | VIII llk
you out there. ! got nfty-nse ina lay,
and the captain forgot 10 say wnether II
was Saturday or Sunday or Mo ad1!
f.u,sraI reports from the country indi-
cate that it il stIli too early for sooa ny
fishing In the brooks and rivers ana
lakes bait fishing Is better now thah al
the same time lasi year. The only sooo
killing made with the fly so far this sea
son that | have heard Of is credited 10 pF.
+ 8 Kioeber Hs took seventy-hse ohi
of Sduak slough with i black gna' capt.
Edwards one of Seattle's greatest asher
men, has hardly commenced MS season
work Several good killings have been
made al the south entrance OF Union bay,
Lake Washington. III seasons past this
tt.a s.,zr
fishing grounds for people living III the
city. although many have staked their
faith on the wharf near the water woTks-
TIE trustees or the Seattle Athletic
club swung the Ratchet sixiy-one times
Saturday evening, and each time OF came
the head OF 81 delinquent member. The
trustees have decided to run the cub for
thoec who pay their dues instead of keep
ing ouen house for those who forget that
the club needs money 10 pay its running
expenses
The ease with which big Jim JeffrIes
defeated Mexican Pete" at San Fran
cisco last Friday night has won him many
admirers and NATURALLY increased his
standing with betting men In his coming
twenty-round fight with Tom Sharkey. 1t
does not seem 10 me that the victory over
mexican Pete amounts to much save
perhaps that IL may give Jeffries greater
confidence. Tom Snarkey is different
man from pete" and 1t will not take JEFF
fries long to discover II. Sharkey has i'm
proved and so has Jeffrles and Il is not
A forceone conclusion by any means
which will win. II is probable that Shar-
key will "a slight favorite in the bet
ting ring hut Il will not surprise many X
he lest the fight, Perhaps i am speaking
too much from snap judgment position.
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uer without making systematic study
81 the men, | would name Jefries
PEE BEE.