The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-03-28
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FLOUR.
FOR DISCIPLES OF WALTON.
Who Are Preparing for the Spring
Trouting.


The observation of couple of
youths starting out the other day for
the Saltwater with poles and tackle.
reminded the scribe that the trOuting
season had begun.
About Kalispell there l.. the best
trout fishing in Montana and the &C.
comparing don'ts taken from the
Standard. may prove not altogether
undressing:
Don't follow the stream on the sun
ny side. Your shadow, striking the
water of the brook, will scare evry
trout within 20 feet.
Don't allow your bait to strike the
water with splash, or you vii! catch
no fish. Let the bait sink slowly to
the water.
Don't jerk your rod when you get
bite. Trout hooks are sligh: things
and break easily. In addition to that.
every time your line swishes in the
water several trout are frightened
away.
Don't carry bottle of ruin The
fish do not care for whiskey and be-
sides you might break the bottle when
you slip on the wet stones.
Don't walk up to the stream and.
before dropping in your line, look to
see whether or not trout are there.
Drop in your lure first and test the
brook that way. If the fish see you
first the chances are you will be 1T"
Don't fail to try every pool and
likely-looking shallow along the
stream. Often times the biggest
trout are found in the most impossi-
BILE appearing places.
Don't attempt to fish small stream
for at least half an hour after an
amateur has gone up or down. He
has undoubtedly scared all the trout
into retirement.
Don't go home without fish after
having spent day or so in Il vain
fort to catch something. You can al.
ways buy trout in trout region. If
you return without fish you will be
guyed. Not so if you take fish home
tell everybody you bought them and
then wink. This always catches
people. Stick to your story of hay.
ing bought the fish, wink each time
and you will turn out to be considered
good as we'll as an honest fisherman.
Don't buy cheap tackle IL you can
spare cash to purchase COOL articles.
You may lose the only fish that bites
just because You paid ten cents for
half a dozen hooks instead of paying
20 cents more. A dollar rod may
break just at the wrong time, while
a So article would have bent double
and big trout would have been
saved.
Don't use big hook. The trout
may have pretty good-sizc,l mouth,
but you will have more sport, catch
more fish and feel better if You Use a
small hook with single gut. unless
you expect to catch nothing but two.
Founders.
Don't believe that every man who
tells story of big fish that got
away is liar and nothing else You
may lose big fish yourself some day
and try and tell your friends about it.
Chickens often come home t. roost.
Don't refuse to wade a stream just
because you have no wadins boots.
You will be sure to fall in at some
time during the day. and you might as
well get wet in the morning as in the
afternoon.
Don't 60 trout fishing if you are
afraid of snakes. If you do see
snakes on every side, don't become
frightened, for the chances are they
are real snakes, and not the kind you
see sometimes during the winter.
Don't tell lies about the fish you
didn't catch or the fish you did catch
Just tell the plain truth if It is worth
telling, and If not keep your lips clcs
ed and let your friends Imagine q
great deal more than you could tell
them on the spur of the moment, and
you won't get the credit of being a
liar
Don't use heavy line for trout.
Mist-colored silk, the thinnest you
can get, is the proper thing to use.
Don't let the click of your reel
work near trout stream. Il fright
ems the fish away.
Don't blame tn stream just because
you catch no fish. The chances are
10 to l that you are at fault and thai
the brook is all right.
Don't ever give trout AZ inch OF
slack line after you have once hook
ed him.
Don't tell the same story aEout ,ijf
ferent fish and different Localities.
Your friends may remember the tthe,
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