The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-18
KIPLINa,s EIsH STORY.
Puzzled by II, nm Old Angler Asks the Bril-
liant Writer for Further Details.

liant Writer for Further Details.
In this weeks Forest and Stream A. n. Cheney.
one OF Americas foremost authorities on game
fish and fly fishing. takes mild ling AZ Rud-
yard Kipling. The accuracy of Mr.. KpIing's
detail in describing subjects innumerablc and
OF vastly differing fields has rarely been qucs-
toned, but in this instance the writer upon
FIRST glance at least, appears to Ic placed upon
the horns Of dilemma. In his contribution
to the fOre"i and Sti,oDl Mr.. Cheney says.
Last season while fishing for salmon in the
Restigpucl" the conversation turned one even
, ing to the Pacific salmon, and gentleman
present mnde the statement that he would
wager $1,000 that he could 60 to a Iacinc
coast stream and Kill Pacific salmon in the
same manner that he had that day killed Allan
tic salmon with the fly In Tia" RcstigOuchc and
l thought when he made the statement
that he could do exactly ns he said.
Tho wager was not for the purpose of
making money. as he explained. but he
wished t. lie assured II he succeeded Of
sufficient return to nay the expenses Of the
trtr, for h" would 70 simply to decide the mat
ter, for il was generally understood that Pacific
salmon would not take the fly one of the first
stories ever heard in relation to Alaska after
IL" purchase was made by this country was Of
III" old Scotch Admiral who said Let the
Yankees have the blank country the saumon
will not rise To- the ice
From that time until this have not heard
of Pacific salmon being taken with the fly lex
c"rt that possibly Admiral Bnard,lec did write
me thHt he killcd "A fish or when he was in
AlasAd with the jamestown. but of this [ am
not sur" now' although know of a number Of
efforts in this dircrton-uuc bya weli-known
Eastern salmon fisherman until a few DAYS
ago some on" left on my desk n cory Of Kip
Ing's American Notes. ana l opened the book
to find that kirliug has been successful in
killing Pacific salmon with the ny. Twice l
read the chapter to make sure that my eyes
had not deceived me- but he states clearly and
positively that his salmon We're killed on the fly.
There is no mistakinG that Kping is a
fisherman. The chapter to which refer be-
gins: j have lived The American Continent
may now sink under the sea, for have taken
the best that il Yields. and the best was neither
dollars norrenl r-tare.' Tho best hat ityieds'
was Il hlluuk salmon. or several Of them.
and how III" salmon were killed is told as
uorhapH only Kipling can tell it. First his com
uanIun California let the sandy fly drop in the
t"ll Of n rifle. was getting my rod together,
Wien | heard the Joyous SHREK OF the reel and
watt .,...,-
Gas" nor in the next. kping's own: I went
nFoy tni t cS %r RIVER AND made my cnst GSt
The pride OF it. the regal spendor Of ii The,
thrill that ran down from nngertlp to toe i
Then tn, water boiled. He, broke for the fly
m" t" civ" him all he wanted when he Jumped
not once, hnt twenty times, before the up
last half dozen turns, and i saw the nick
ci%d rec bar glitter under tn" thinning green
stroTc to stopper the line | did not feel it
~ later Tor my sou was ont in the dapcng
tackle, away And my prayer wa. heard. As
! bowed back; the butt 81 the rod on my left hip
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