The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-08-01

| tarpon and monsters like that But as a
rule, when a man tells you that 1t was
only after a desperate battle and a tre-
mendous expenditure OF energy that he
| landed his leviathan you will be justi-5
fed in recalling the old story about the
| fish at one end of the line and a fool at
! the other. s..5 81. (. m 3 S5s
Not that decry a good fish story
but among the true anglers 1t must be a.
| first class yarn to be admissible I am
convinced that the telling of a good an
Cling story is second only to the ability
to show a creel that is evidence Of ones
skill with rod and line. 5s}a
My biggest catch % repeated Mr.. Cleve-.
land. 1t Is rather difficult quest 5n to-
answer. Last year I landed a twenty five
pound drum when Twas down in Vir-3
gin1a, but bigger ones have been caught
there. remember losing one that must
have weighed forty or fifty pounds, from
the, stress and strain on the rod will
never cease to regret losing that fish, be-
cause wanted Admiral Evans to suffer
at the sight of it. But the confounded
line got caught and the fish escaped. Yes,
/ sWore. Under those circumstances It Is
permissible, and, in fact incumbent upon
the true fisherman. But it must be mild
and measured. The phrase is a part Of
the rubric of the disciples of Walton. 7
u.leASu liieiil L SLOWLY ana elnpreSSlSely--f
Dam that fish, ? #5s'5 35 Essia::
Jonah's Bis Fish Story.
Mr.. Cleveland pondered for a moment
when he was asked about the biggest fish
story he ever heard, and it did not appear
that he was thinking OF the fact that hes
Is now a member of the faculty Of a Pres
hyterian university. for he said:
Tho biblical story concerning Jonah
and the whale has always been regarded,
as the epitone Of the fsherman's art tn
story telling, andI am not at present pre-
pared to refute it, yet at the same time
do not doubt that there is ability in
every true fisherman to relate narrative
Of personal experience, which, If not COM
nensureate in the size Of the fish and
certain other matters relating to Jonah
and his unique experience, at least would
bear their personal repetition.
The most exciting experience that
have ever had upon a fishing trip oc-B
Cured year or two ago in the Cape
Cod country I had been trouting in a
preserved stream and became so intense
ly interested in the fascinating sport OF
landing the speckled beauties that 3un-s
Intentionally and inadvertently wandered
beyond the confines Of the preserve and
into the territory Of a grabbed old tiller
Of the soil, who held his property by
primogeniture and had no more percep-
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resident of the great Sahara. Gs34fsss
And SO it happened that just as I had
succeeded in hooking a beauty that could
have weighed no less than two pounds.
was approached by the agriculturist, who.
armed with a murderous looking scythe.
gave me three minutes TO leave his lands
Il was forced to beat a hurried retreat
with the trout and five yards8of my silk
line still remaining in the old curmud-
geoL'S stream. f5f&
Black Bass Give Best Sport
am willing to make the statement
that while 7 thoroughly enjoy trouting,
and drum fishing, my fayorite fishing has
always been for black bass. have found
them to be the gamest fish I have ever
come in contact with, and when ! hear
the name mentioned It brings Iii, train
whole troops and legions Of memories OF Ii
the days Of my boyhood. aiEs
What could be greater sport than to 4
camp along the bank Of some mountain
creek or river, to rise with the dawn and
then, CARRIED in heavy wading shoes. d
pair Of linen trousers, a shirt and ! straw w
hat, shoulder ones rod and start for the
Ihaunts Of the big fellows that love "a
Turk under the shadows of great rocks.
and from the depths of dark pools dash
at the minnow or little catfish, and in ally
come flashing from the waters ana find
a place upon your string or Id your screeI?5
III have always found HAHN fishing
for black bass certain amount Of wading
is imperative. Often the biggest hsh are
found lying at the bottom Of ssWif t5 nov
ing water and can only be reached bya
wading out to ones armpits, and there
pa tiently waiting until the sudden til q n
the line gives evidence that d, big feIIoyy,g
has been safely hooked. This summer TS
propose to have some royal sport: sup on
Buzzard's bay, and live over againssff, Il
days when was boy