The Republican journal., 1902-09-18

| DdIlkS, The water was udlh anu Quio.,
plainly showing the deep pools and the
submerged rocks: selecting. what TO
me seemed particularly favorable one
just back of a huge boulder, | cast,
dropping the feathers beautifully into
it's center. The result was immediate
and startling. Before the flies could
reach the water dozen or more trout
darted from below and up into the sun
light: the air was full of them, a dozen
cleaning bodies, each beauty sending
shower of sparkling drops from its
broad, powerful tail as, turning in mid
air, with mouth agape, quivering in
every fiber of it's shapely length, the
jaws closed eagerly over the delusive
bait. Below them the limpid water
was fairly boiling as other fish came to
the surface and turned. l struck like
mad; the plant rod doubled with the
unusual strain. Then began struggle
shall long remember; hand, dropper,
and tail fly had each secured a victim,
and strain was being given the leader
which was testing its endurance to the
limit. Back and forth across the pool
they rushed ogether; then straight
down the pond they flew for the drift
stuff collected at the outlet; failing to
reach this, they went among the sunken
boulders, evidently trying to foul the
gear. | held on like grim death, dis
putting every inch of their struggle for
liberty and life. | guided them as best
could into the clear water, giving
them the butt of the rod to check their
mad rushes, till the rigid tip often lay
across my hand and the silken web of
line sang like a bow string. 1t was a
proud and happy moment when we had
that trio safely in the canoe.
Meanwhile the others had joined US
and for the next hour we all had fishing
i'll those pools amid the boulders such
as we had never before experienced.
We kept only the injured fish, return
ing those but lightly hooked back into
the lake The wind was now blowing
almost gale, so we gave up fishing and
returned to camp.
The next afternoon Chadbourne and
| We're following the outlet from Chase
pond to dead water, half mile of
tangled swirls and tumblug foam.
Chadhourne was splaShing along in mid
stream, some two rods ahead when
saw him stop and beckon. | advanced
to him cautiously. Just below in the
water stood a tiny faWn but a few days
old; the mother had fled at our ap-
proach. The little fellow stood all at
tention, its ears up straight, but evi-
dently beWildered. AS we got Ip it
gave pIaintive little rrv of alarm and
ran up the bank We followed and cot
within very few feet of the pretty
creature: had we WiSutd we could have
easily captured it. In All We saw thir-
teen deer that day; they were mostly
feeding along the shore of the lake. |
could have cast a fly on to the back of
| one that passed me far4hprflov i raam
A small doe.
At dead wafer we found an immense
pool Of deem water. a most Dromisino
place for bio fish The water v,a, vel
M into the bushes and so if WAS almost
inuossible TO find a chance to east So
curing a fairly GOOD posjtion However
shot the feathers ont over thn 400! ae
hest conld \ miohtv swirl annaarnd
nndpr Them and the watpr hniIad ul,ar.
they dropned. if was a rise from .
heavy front Faoerlv struck INF
missed him I cast aoaiu. il was use
less IRVING to fool that old fellow twice
at least till he had time to FORGET So
we seated ourselves and natianfIy wait
ed. we wanted that front Fifteen
minutes had nassed when We saw a hio
fish snring inward and soiza an ,n
lucky miller t'Thpre he is trv him
AGAIN. he is a haautv. hi+ him hard tbis
| time WHISPERED [ hHG)OU1np With
all the skill I nossesseI I sent fine 1es
ont over the boot dropping them l,nht-
" near the circiino eidies below the
fail saw him COMING before the tlies
fell a flash of gold gjeam of silver
from below. | struck ike mad inst in
9 time and set theg-hook deem mo the
5 HUNGRY nav At the first shncl, The
t front threw itself hiab ont Of water
+ a glorious sight: another instant and if
was rushing for the bio rocks nnder fine
{ fail NV reel fairly Screamed rs the
e now Thoroughly frightened tish flew M
9 stream. the strain ot rod reel and
, o,liclI water soon Turned # however
5 and the NEXT rnsh Was far tha ,nshes
/ on the opposite side AGAIN tnrned
! it; the next break was STRAIGHT for ms
{ and despite ali nv efforts II cot among
the reeds and grasses at orr feet chad,