The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-03
TROUT In THE YELLOWSTONE.
RIG FELLOWS TO BE CAUGHT IN
ICE.COLD STREAMS.
Even the T,ro Can Catch Trout There
-tlne River Where They Rite All
Winter Long Giants OF tie Fdd,ss
Yankee Jim and Hts voraci0us Trout.

-tlne River Where They Rite All
winter Long Giants OF tie Fdd,ss
Yankee Jim and FITS vora cious Trout.
CINNAsAR. Mon. April 25.--The menu
bers of President Rooscvelt's travelling
party who expected to fish during their
long wait at Cinnabar came West with
widely variega.ed notions Of what they
would find. Secretary Loeb had direct
Information from the manager Of the YELL
owstone Transportation Company's hotels
that the streams would be open and that
some fly fishing would be possible,
From this the notions ranged to the
belief that the only fishing possible would
be that had through holes cut in the ice
in the Yellowstone River. One usually
well-informed railroad man at ST. Paul
told THE Sun correspondent that there
would b. no fishing here for two months.
The outfits of the party varied as widely
as their information The folks who S and
behind the counters of the fishing tackle
stor, s in New York and Washington seemed
to have firmly fixed notion that the trout
west of the Mississippi bite at bright-col-
ored f1ies.
Nest Of the intending fishermen brought
out flea by the dozen that would have
made excellent ornaments for an Indian
chiefs gala dr. IS. The silver doctor,
with lis circus rider spangles and glitter
ing blend Of colors, appeared in every
fly book.
One man only, in the facc Of patrontz-
ing grins by his fishing tackle dealer, laid
In a stock of sob.r black gnas and gray
and brown hackl,s. They are all gonc
now Everybody in the party has been
using them.
Fishing in the Yellowstone National
Park is as free as the good dry air which
sweeps over the mount aims. But it is by
no means 80 easy as breathing. except
in the Yellowst one Lake
There, when the lake 10 open. the veriest
ignoramus can hire a rod al SO cents an
hour and haul in trout as fasu as he can
throw his line out into The lake The in
dividual who runs the rud-renting con.
ceesion is in no sense a philanthropist,
and ,he visitor who loss fly or who causes
any other impairment Of his hired outfit
which has to bo repaired will find thar he
has indulge In an expensive recreation.
The Interior Department fixes the prices
which may he charged for all regular con-
oessions, and the concessionaires are limited
to the Government prices in almost every
detail except that ST repairs to rods And
right there is where this particular con.
cessionaire tries to get even. The safest
way to make him unhappy Is to bring
your own outfit. 1t is cheaper in the end.
But Lake Yellowstone Is not yet open.
In truth, it is not yet possible to reach
the lake without tremendous expenditures
Of time and exertion. The President has
gone TO lot Of places which were not
easy to reach, but he has not gone nearer
TO the lake than the Grand Canon. about
fifteen miles below the outlet
The President is not himself n fisher
man The official report Of his eight days
tour to the northeast corner of the park
where he we-:t to observe big game. says
that his party enjoyed good fishing John
Burroughs, who was at Uncle John Van.
cy's with the President. 10 an ardent trout
fisherman. But It is extremely unlikely
that the Presidents enjoyment went any
further than a keen appreciation Of the
fun that Mr.. Burroughs was having
Tho man who enters the park to fish
and wants to have more real sport
than Is to be enjoyed by hauling dozens
Of trout out Of Lake Yellowstone makes
straight for Unclo Johns. Mr.. Yancy
is man Of independent means and Of
great experience In the woods. But his
TO Yancy's with a real enthusiasm for good
trout fishing and has the pluck and
the skill to back up his enthusiasm In climb
ing through the rock tangles among which
the steam rolls there.
Every one Of the hundreds Of creeks