The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-08-12
NEW HAVEN MORNING JOURNAL COURIER MONDAY 12

drowsing. Breakfast? Breakfast must wait! In a breathless ten minutes he Is in the boat and pulling gently over the spot where the fish appeared; the same fish is now probably three miles away chasing a school of life-loving smelts. An hour later the unrewarded angler breakfasts comfortably-on sal- men? Bless your heart, no; on canned beans and salt bacon, very salt bacon.
 However, on another day, the fisher man took his breakfast of salmon caught by another man-leisurely; then he sat on the bank and smoked medi- tatively, watching the other fish vain ly Then lie set up his rather stiff six ounce rod, picked the medium silk enamelled line through the rings and tip. gathered all his bric-a-brac about him. even to his own specially design cd gaff, and started from the bank 10 the spot where by all laws of mag ination there should be big gamey fish a-feeding
 On the way he put few split shot on his line above the leader, ana aI- fixed an artificial single-hook minnow, pale yellow in color Then he put out line lots of it, not less than oOO rect and laid his rod down on the boat, sel- fling back to a somewhat one-slaeu conversation with the guide Bethinking him of his pipe, he had just filled It and was applying the guarded name, when zip, zip, whee-ee! OVerooard went the pipe, upside down the pouch, as the now excited man dived for the eluding Butt of his bending rod
 l In another instant the tip would have | snapped; but the man saved his roo, and now for the fish! Here was no stolid carp or leaping bass. Not a sight of it did he get until 20 min utes of alternate reeling and giving me had passed. Then a broad silver belly turned lazily almost underneath the boat and the fish started out for at1- other long run, with indescribable pow CT and velocity, to the tune Of screaming reel. Again the man and the ! fish fought. straining the slender tackle to it's danger point; but 1t was of trus- ty make, even the leader-knots had all been gone over carefully, before the leader was put on, and the man knew t1 an ounce how far he could go.
 After many rushes, long and short, inc salmon went down 30 feet into the dark depths and lay there, giving pow
 erful tugs every few moments. Grad
 uallv the tugs decreased in vigor and
 freouency, the fish came to the top, ! stood on his tail on the top of the wa
 ter. shook his head as a spirited horse
 will when fretted by the bit, threw the hook from his mouth, and swan easi- Il, slantwise down into the green
 depths. Thereupon the man, who was 9 | self-contained fellow, loosened the Icords of expression even to volubility. AS soon as he felt easier he explained
 to the guide, who as an unprejudiced
 observer, already knew more about the
 matter than the disappointed angler
 just how the fish was lost.
 "If I had kept taut line on hin
 when he was dancing out of water, TC have had him in the boat now Whore
 is he? How far will he go?" cried thu man excitedly. q guess you won't SCI  that fish again for some time, saiC the guide. He got hole tore in hi lip while he was a-tuggin' of ye dowl below thar. It wouldn't hev made nc
 difference whether ye had taut lin Tor not when he jumped out Q wate
 thar; he was 'tarnal smart fish.
 guess he's been hooked afore an know : his business bouts well as ennybod : Erornd here"
 The next time the fisherman didn'
 give his fish chance to sulk and tug
 A found-pounder came to gaff in 1 minutes-which was drawing 1t fine -and a six-pounder. late in the after noon, in 15 minutes. At nightfall 2 grew very cold, for the lice was ius out" and the waves were now to choppy for successful fishing. So tn l pair went ashore and dined off baco and salmon steaks, red and tender.
 During the week, without arduou
 labor overtime, the man took a dozeI