Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-04
Trout ishing

Probably no outdoor sport combines so
many destinations as that of fishing for
brook trout. Then of all times, nature Is
at its best. The earth is just awakening
to the sympathetic kiss of the amorous sun.
He would indeed be a dull creature who
could follow the angler for brook trout on
his wanderings of a day and not feel new
thrill of physical being. There is some.
thing peculiar and delicious about outdoor
expeditions in early spring which Is not
equaled at any other time of the year
There is warm, moist fragrance in the
air, the perfume of new growth of grass
and tree, the hum of awakened insects and
thousand little stirring reminders that
this is the resurrection period.
Then, again. the angler for brook trout
follows one of the most exquisite of nat
ural formations. The little brook which
starts at some cold spring beneath the roots
of a mountain tree increases in size and
volume as it tumbles down the hillside and
| through the fields on its way to the sea.
Perhaps no single thing in nature COM
bines so many delights for man and beast.
A treat to the eye, a refreshment to the
body, purifier of the soil and the home OR
rendezvous of innumerable little creatures
of fin, fur and feather, it contains within
itself a marvellous combination He who
wanders along it's banks or wades its purl-
ing shadows will be surprised from time to
time to find himself in company with some
of the shyest and most beautiful of wild
creatures. The mink-sleek, graceful and
sly-himself the best of trout fishers-will
be seen leaving his wet trace over some
rounded rock as the angler turns bend IN
the stream. The crane with which many
an otherwise well-posted ornithologist Is
hardly on bowling acquaintance, becomes
after a time the sole companion of an an
gler on his way down a stream. I have
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only a few feet for several miles of a noun
tain brook. Once l remember having stop
ped for lunch on the sandy shore of a lit
tie brook, when a squirrel came slyly up
to within a few feet of me and boldly
plunged into the rapid water, swimming
across to the half-submerged limb of tree
on the other side. This was my first ocular
proof that squirrels would voluntarily take
to water.
The time of day at which trout are best
taken is a matter of interesting debate
among anglers. The probability Is that
like most game fishes, trout are accustomed
to feed either in the early morning or to-
ward sunset. Experienced anglers will tes-
tify that their best catches are about
equally divided between these periods. This
fact furnishes the angler with additional
delight. for of the choice of hours in which
sunrise and sunset. The most glorious sem
sation a lover of nature may experience
will come to him in the brilliant glow of 9.
spring sunset as he filings his delicate cast
OF tiny flies across the liquid silver of q
little brook whose shores are banked with
the richest verdure of nature. Good fishing
too, Is had about nightfall, and there is a
thrilling weirdness about the taking OF
game fish at night. which must be expert
enced to be understood. Many an angler
doubts the ability of the gamy quarry TO
even 50 much as see the tiny midges which
In faith he has attached TO his gossamer
leader, and few sensations compare with
that Of striking "A strong lighting fish as he
rises out OF the black depths into the black
air and takes AN artificial ny which Is In
visible to the angler.
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