The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-03-26
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Sports and
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

- ing tackle for the season which opens
~ next Sunday. As usual, they are
trihe behind the times. because tho
| other class has already been at work.
| The grass along the small streams Is well
| tramped down in places, and the old logs,
| Jutting out into ponds. called lakes IN
this part OF the country. are decorated
| with dried-up salmon eggs.
| Lake trout mountain trout and brook
trout could be purchased in Seattle last
| week, all Of which goes to show that the
laws do not cause fear in the hearts OF
| those who desire TO fish out of season.
| Game Warden Beldcn discovered that ne
| was powerless to stop fishing In the Du-
| vanish river near the county hospital.
| He says that tide water affects the stream
above this point and that the law does
| not prohibit fishing with line and hook
| In such waters.
Most OF the large and handsome Dolly
| warden trout seen IN Seattle this time Of
| tho year come from the Duwamish river.
| They lie close to the bottom OF the
| stream. Salmon eggs suit them. In fact,
| this bait is used almost exclusively. In
| the East trout bait fishermen use angle
| worms. They may be found IN this part
| Of the country. but either because Wash
| ington trout like salmon eggs better, or
| the eggs are easier TO get, they take the
| lead
The Dollyvarden Is a very handsome
| hsh, with It's bright spots along It's sides.
uhi HOT tNe table IL goes not compare Win
| the mountain trout. After the BOLIVAR
| den has been out OF the water a compare
| lively short time It's flesh becomes soft
| Sometimes II has the flavor OF the river
mud. Perhaps. this may be ima gination
| on my part, but It has struck me that
way while eating Dollyvardens that came
from the cold and swift Skokomlsh river
The Dolyvarden does not have the
strength or mettle of the mountain trout
II offers comparatively feeble resistance
when well hooked but I do not mean by
this 70 say that you can haul a three
FOUNDER IN with n light tackle at mo-
fnent's notice Let him sulk, Hold the
line taut and move him up stream and
then down. In a short time he will com
mence TO give up. You can feel him sur
rendering. and soon It IS an easy matter
10 get his head out OF water
The fight is then soon all over but
care should be taken in removing the
hsh from the water. / know that land
ing net Is q nuisance, but after trying
both ways. / have come 10 the conclu-
sion that It IL worth while to carry one
no matter how the stream Is to wade or
follow. Two years ago on the Skoko-
mlsh | did not lose one big trout, and
believe that my good fortune was due I'm
2 great extent TO the fact that a land
ing net was used continually. large
nsh VIII frequently make a struggle
even II well exhausted. just at the time
81 being taken from the water. and ur
less the hook Is firmly seated there Is a
chance that II will break loose. or Some
other accident happen to turn victory
into humiiiating defeat.
| remember n case In point While camp
ING on the Skokon,ish river one Of my com
panions II s. Cook mana ged to hook an
unusually large rainbow trout, which had
occupied a deep pool for two or three DAYS
10 our certain knowledge. but had stead-
tasty refused TO accept the lures SO care
fully placed before him. The bank was
about eight feet high and steep. At It's
base, however. there was a narrow shelf
made by dirt. which had broken away from
the bank. when the water was high In the
spring.
Cook sat on the bank and worked with
that sulky old king OF the POOL for n long
time. II seemed fully half hour Mean
while the entire camp had collected along
the hank and enough suggestions as 10 the
proper method Of landing him were offer
Cd TO drive one mad Finally Cook worked
his prize 20 the top Of tho water and slow
N brought him toward the little shelf
Harry Collins. who ia now at Rampant
Alaska, Jumped down 10 the shelf at he
risk Of sliding into the deep water and
stood ready to assis. in the landing As
the fish came toward Collins he grabbed
the line and reached for the oil king
bubb fss S Snd AeTs 's stood co S ''I with
broken line and down at the bottom - the
pool slowly sNaying his tai, lay the lost
prize Talk about free speech 10 Demo
cratic convention There was no conpari
son. Everyone had his way Of landing
that trout but after :, was all over tho
truth ~ tho proposition that II would have
been a simple and sure method 70 run him
into landing net WIS generally ackuowi-
edged. II YOU expect 20 land big trout sue
cessfully take a net with yea, u will saw
not only the trout bat many explosive ad-
jectivcs
The question q what Is needed for Ash
ms OUTFIT is ono that is discussed every time
anglers meet, and few people agree The
lines which suit ono are teo large NJ to1
small for the other The same trouble &.
iats about hooks one man wifi praise one
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