The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-04-26
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The man who goes fishing solely for
the purpose of catching fish aud
counts that day lost whose low de,
sccndng sun" secs him coming home
with anything but full croel can new.
or experience the feeling of exhilara.
ton which the prospect of the first
days fishing of the season brings to
him who angles purely for the love of
the sport in its broadcast sense. Ii
ism I the fact that one may be able to
kill few or many fish that gives 2cst
TO the thought of going fishing. The
real pleasure is found in the feeling
that spring has come again, that the
trees are beginning to bud and that
going afeld in quest piscatorial will
afford good excuse to spend day in
the crisp April atmosphere,
And so the ardent fisherman prepares
for his initial pilgrimage of the year
| by taking out and gently fondling the
rod so carefully and regretfully laid
away last season, examining infinitely
the reel and line, testing thoroughly
| all hooks and leaders, and casting n
fond glance at the dainty flies over
which the homcly angle worm must
take precedence for a few weeks at
! least. This reminds him that bait is
necessary adjunct to early fishing,
and so he HES himself to the warmest
spot in the back yard and upheaves the
soil for considerable area in an eff
fort to find worms enough to make at
least a respectable showing in the bot
tom of his bait box. Angle worms are
scarce early in the season when the
grip of the frost has not wholly re-
leased the ground but by dint of per
sistent work with spade the fisher
man gets together tangled, squirm-
ing mass as big as small sponge;
enough indeed to secure n basket full
of trout if one fish could be counted
upon for every 10 worms. However,
all anglers follow the rule that it is
better to have too much bait than too
little. and the fact that from nine trips
out of ten they return with fully half
as many worms as they started with
never seems to have any effect in re-
ducing the number considered neces'
sary.
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n oPel" w. 90 D"l soaseS so,o6p"raily
.nIn: , i -" tho n;ght before the day |
set for the initial pilgrimage, for the
frosts which please the maple sugar
makers are not conducive to the easy |
discovery of worms at dawn. 80, ms
lure safely slowed away, the angler
retires to dream OF Dalhly Jays NoIa
cious fish, heavily-laden baskets ana
other things pleasant TO dream ABOUT
if not essential TO enjoyment. "heh
morning comes the nsherihah loohs ou'
and is convinced at once that the long
expected change from the hitherto an
normally cold weather has arrived ne
can tell by the looks OF the SKY. lie
steps on the back porch to get breath
of morning air and IS surprised ana
shocked to see the mercury IN the ther'
mometer only trlhe ABOVE the marx
of 49, After breakfast he looks again
and is encouraged by the rise OF TWO
degrees which the mercury has MADE
under the rays of Old Sol Inc tele'
phone rings, and his friend at the other
end of the wire inquiries how the wealth
er suits him. GAN RICH" comes the
ready answer. "Want to gof sure
thing! We can have a good time II
we don get any fish,
The iournev 70 the brook begun. and
tbe fisherman and his friend who is also
n fisherman while away the time by /
SWIMMING bits of angling lore which
tend TO prove that warm weather is
not necessary, Huddled in his sweater
one observes with complacency that the
roads are harder and in better shape !
tban thew we're a wear ago. and when
the other offers the ironical suggestion !
that the reason is because the frost is /
not ont Of the ground the remark is q
fro,ynad mon as one unworthy of a !
trne snortsman AT last the lower end .
a Tho stream n he fsbed comes into .
Cow and Tho clearness and proper +
height of the water are commented b
her fisherman admits to the other that !
his condition may be due to the fact a
hat there hasn' t been any weather t
warm enough to melt the snow IN the
woods. 1t is enough that the stream
ooks just as inviting as ever except t
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