The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-03-22
THOSE KNOB COUNTRY FISH.
A BRACE on TRUTREUL STORIES
SHOWING THEIR FITNESS

LACHAwAxEN, March H.-When Jun
got through a-tellin' Of IL, said the man
from the Knob country. 'consarned II l
didn't feel sort O. sorry for the New York
Teller, cause IL seemed like a. II II mowt
be somethin' like . 'sinniwation that We
had our doubts as TO them trout he said he
run az in up the crick.
1T was along 'arly In the season. jest
when trout ought to been bitin' the best,
and the New York Teller had been out on
the crick purity nigh all day, and he come
in without enough to make smel In pan.
No use o. talkin,'' says he. there Amt
no flsh like them trout. They're too many
fer mel says he and then he goes on to
give his reasons.
I'd been fishin' all mornin'. says he,
and didn't ketch nothin' but these here
that I've fetched In, and they're 50 ding
small that was most ashamed to look EN-
in the face when took EN- Oh the hook.
By and by snesked up to hole and peeked
over, and see two old sockers, and they
was layin' low for minnies. They'd dash
out like steam ingines, every now and then.
to pounce on to minny. but the wide-awske
little fellers was too quick for EN-. some
how or other, and d git out O. the way.
Seems as II the minnies was jest teasin'
them hungry old trout. and havin' fun
with 'em, and l could see that the trout
was gittin' madden than wildcats, 30 I says
to myself that It'd be toler BILE good time
for me to dip my flies over on to the water,
cause the trout was 80 mad they'd more
than likely grab anything that come along.
s.Mebbe you mowt q notioed.' Gays
the New York feller, that ] hain't got no
leader on my line, says he. That leader
was eight feet long. II had six O. the bt st
flies on 1t that money kin buy, and it cost
me two dollars. I'll tell you why It amt
on my line now says he.
~ says to myself. that maybe now would
be a toler'ble good time to dip my flies
on to that water says he, as the trout
was so ding mad and 80 ! dipped EN-
on to II.
.'whizzr como the biggest O. the two
and grabbed one o. the hes 20 quick II made
my head swim, and thought sure he was
my me at, when 'whizzr came t'other trout
up outon that hole like a skyrockot, and
grabbin' my leader jest where it jined the
Pa's PAM 2 . ass.i! ..y. I. .ro.a.r un Is
on to my little camel says.
-'The trout That had grabbed my fly
had it fast IN he upper Jaw. and he sunk
shakin' his head like mad bull and elarin'.
Merciful man, how he did glare! He
knowt d he had made an idiot Of himsel II,
and he was Jest more than rippn' and
s'And then what' Well, somethin' that
I'd hardly believed, even O the m trout.
The one that had snipp my kader ofYen
the line let 60 II il and elid over TO where
t'other ole was eivin' Of himself fits. 30 TO
speak, and sort o. oonfsbbsd with him .
his Jaw topped over onto his back, and hs
mate jest went TO work with her teeth and
took that hook outen his jaw as quick and
slick as a bose dentist pullin tooth!
I'D a thought this most smssin'!
had stopped right there, but when ! see
for minnies with that leader O. mine, and
kstchin' EN- a. fast a. they'd let the hook
Ih;. had pS pea o worm snS on S Ss, dor Ss'
had gone before want worth speakin'
about, and wound up my line and come
in. There amt no use o talkin, says
he. Them trout u too many for me-
Jim was settin' on the counter estin'
a smoked herrin' and Q cracker, and by and
by. a. II he was lookin' At eomethin' good
ways Oh. and sort. o talkin' to himself
more n anybody else, he says:
100 Dau! TOO Dao' eays ne. IL mat
catfish o. mine had only had test ono quar-
ter a. much gumption. he'd q been In the
pond yiti Too badr Jim says. Too
bad!'
Il felt II In my bones that when Jim
got through -teliin OF IL I'd be sorry for
the New York Teller. cause It'd sort O.
seem Like 'sinnaw atin' that We had our
doubts. and 80 l thought I'd keep the
trout question before the house, and
begun TO tell the New York Teller how
glad was that be had diskivered how
smart them headwaters trout was. cause
IL ID give him some p'nts, eos whom he
went out after EN- ag'in he'd know how
TO handle 'em. and he'd more than likely
come In with a hack load Of old seekers.
But Eli, sestin'. on the nall kag. Within.
he puts his car in, and says to Jim:
What catfish was that un, Jamssf
say. be. ,,-..
'Huhr says Jim, startin up ~ " he'd
forgot all about IL.
'Whai catfish was that unf says III.
What catfish waA Il that didn't have no
giImptionr
Ohr says Jim. swallerin' the last ~
his herrtn ard putin zap his jack knife
that he'd bo-a .kinnin h with Why.
one o them millpond catfish says hs.
Vas soin' 10 tell H.
sssin-d ~ be toIer bic .mArt. too. bui only
jet smart enough 20 git thsp-slses inlo