The Cairo bulletin., 1906-06-28
Yarns Of Vermont Anglers

see nne strings or trout. Ihey nav
not been disappointed this year. Tn
trout have been big and the tales big
ger, and altogether the nimrods hav,
been having happy time of It.
Talk about your queer expert
ences!" said VIII Snyder when he go
back from the Slab City streams
III bet I'm the only man in Rutlanc
county who ever caught trout with
an AK. Maybe you don't believe II. but
| did. When | left here | was, OF
course, looking for anything over six
inches that would bite, but | was par
ticularly anxious to get an old whop-
per that to my certain knowledge had
been stealing my bait for eight years.
he was in deep circular pool, right
by big spruce stump that stuck ten
feet out of the water, and the line
would always break before you could
get his nose out.
Well this spring tried new way.
When he bit | let the line slack and
crept over to the stump. What saw
nearly took my breath clean away, for
on peering into the pool | made out
the nose of the trout sticking out Of
stump The hook was in his mouth
and the water was boiling where he
threshed it with his tail | went back
to camp as quick as | could, got an
ak, knocked the trout on the head and
then chopped the stump off level with
al
down and | had no trouble In lifting
out the fish. He weighed nearly three
pounds and was sort OF bumped up
from living in such close quarters. |
also got back four rusty hooks that
were sticking in the wood | suppose
the trout got washed into hole by
freshet while he was small, and that
stone rolled against the hole kept
him prisoner until the next freshet
came along and washed IL away. By
that time he was too big TO get
through and had to stay in prison eat
ing what drifted his way"
One of the biggest trout ever taken
in the Otter above Dandy was caught
a few days ago by George j. Fiske, a
lumberman, who is a student of fish
ana their habits. He knew where a
trout had raided his bait for several
years and made Ut his miad to G.:
him. The fish lay in cauldron.
shaped hole. and mis- favorite trick |
was TO nip off the end of worm |
without touching the hook Fiske |
knew this, and he conceived novel |
way to fool the old trout.
Taking a block of sod about a foot |
square, he cut a slit in ii and then
laid in the cut his hook and several |
inches of line. The hook was haited |
with fat angle worm, and this was
allowed 10 stick out of the fresh earth I
The rest of the line was coiled on top
of the sod. After clouding the water
with mud Fiske set the sod afioat,
and with fish rod in hand followed its
course down the stream, letting the
coil unwind as he progressed When
the old trout got his eye on the worm
he thought it had been washed in by
a storm and picked ii out of the earth.
He also picked the hook, which
moment later had been driven in his
tough jaws. When he was finally
landed, after battle royal, he
weighed close to four pounds.
Dalton Burroughs, of Mendon. tried
The small brooks that flow down the
west slope of Killington Peak. and at
noon became Disguised because he
could get few trout of legal length
Finally. while on what is known as
he Eddy Brook, he came TO an old
mill dam. There was big pool he.
ow this and, thinking that he would
certainly find fair fish here he APP
,roached carefully and dropped in
lis hook. A moment later there was
! slight tug and. cautiously pulling
Up, Burroughs saw that he had hooked
/ five-nch trout. He was trying to
haze 1t of, when there was a mighty
plash below him, and a mink swal-
owed trout, hook and bait
Talk about exciting times" said
Burroughs. Il certainly had one
hat mink dlved and fought and tried
o get into the woods. but | had sense
nough to keep him in the water un-
ii | could grope around for a club.
hen | slowly reeled in until he was
lmost up to the pole. He saw what
was up 10 and started straight for
lie, snarling and whining. but killed
i'm before he could get his teeth in
ny legs"
A twopounder fell to James 7
arnes. Of PittsUeld. in an unusual
tanner. Barnes tad flied his basket
nd was taking > noon nap under a
lick spruce with low stretching
ranches, when he was awakened by
ie sharp cries of a couple of fish.
awks just over his head. PeerinP
ON beneath the branches Of the
,ruce he saw that they were IN com
1t over a large trout. Evidently one a
the birds had dived into a poo
sar by and risen with the fsn, only q,
find another Of its kind waiting &c &c,
rest the spells from him. He trieo "a
get away with his burden but the Of
n proved too heavy for rapid fight a
ID be was forced TO take the defcn pi
We in a midair battle. IN
The captor Of the fish was gettine m
G worst Of IL, because he couldn't fr
e his talons for weapons. so he n
opped his burden. which fell at the