The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-28
GOT A Big SALMON BY CHANCE
WOWIN'S EXPERIENCE WITH 4
LIGHT TROUT non.
4 Forty.ihree Founder Caught In NOrwa,
ny q WOman-A German Meeting Win
Monster and the ObiigiBg STRANGE
VINO Tried 10 Hele and Droke the R0i.

vino Tried 70 Hein ana urOke the ROi.
GAsPE BASIN. Canada. July 25.-The
difficult feat Of catching a twenty-seven
pound salmon On a woman's ten ounce
wire wound cane rod was performed here
a few days ago. An angler oil ona of The
upper reaches Of the Grand River had
allowed his wife to kill a salmon on lie
heavy rod. The fish was strong and willy
and had to be played with a long line, as
his FIRST rush carried him down the rapids
into a second pool seventy feet further on
The mans heart was ON the jump all the
time the fight listed. and il was a relief
TO him when the fish was gated 10 take
over his tackle. doubly precious in that
remote place. His wife appeared TO I've
quite content after that exciting experience
with the sen trout in a little still water hole
not far from the next salmon pool.
She was sternly enjoined not TO allow
her trout, which rank as vermin in a salmon
river, to make their way into and disturb
the pool IL was not easy With her light
apparatus, but she did c~ontrive to bring
TO land three or -four one or two Founders
in good style. Then a fierce run warned
her that she had a bigger fish. and she
was slightly worried as to whether she
could prevent It's ~splashing into the for
hidden water.
However, she put on all the strain shs
dared, whereupon the water dubbed and
heaved. and out leapcd a huge. glittering
creature, which fell back with a resounding
crash.
-Saumon! Saumonl" cried the guide.
@Nonsense!" shouted the man from his
pool. there could be no salmon in that
dark water. It's a big club or a white
trout. Keep out of this pool"
The quick witted guide sprang into the
water between the still hole and the spark
ling salmon resort TO drive the fish up stream.
and standing there waist deep waited
a chance TO use his little net. The womanis
reel held the usual 100 feet of light silk line,
and instructed by the guide she kept M
as steady a strain as the light rod would
allow.
For some time the fish dashed to and
fro in a space about thirty feet square.
Then he went down and sulked until y
small stone the guide threw in stirred him
ND again. He next Hurried about on top
and made a rush down stream full tilt for
the partly submerged man.
The half breed remained perfectly still
when he saw the direction the fish was
taking. and as il passed actually between
his legs he managed TO grasp il with knocs
and hands. The useless little net was dis
carded. and with one hand under the gills.
the other above the tail, he dragged tie
struggling great fish safely to land. TN"
trout rod stood the strain well, excepting
at the joints two brass ferrqms belng split
and badly started.
-On the Aaensira River in Norway We
had Just such another experience said
the jubilant woman at the clubhouse thar
behind for griIse with two flies to a cast,
An old trout rod with spliced joints and =
huge Nottingham reel was good enough
for poor me, and l was hidden to amuss
myself with a small artificial minnow.
There were trout and certain pretty little
white scaled Ash to be had, / was told.
In that country the salmon often TAKE
spinning bats. and l was not without d
faint hope that ! might chance to get holl
OF a grilse too, certainly never imaeinet
However. while ] was ~enviously watching
my brother play a grilse my reel ran or
at the livoliest kind Of . rate. You Know
there il no drag or clutch on a nottingham
reel. and at once pressed my. thumb nn
And a white scar down the centre OF the
thumb was presented in proof Of the fric-
tion Of q rapidly running out line. Il hal
no guidc or gar, or anything but JnS'
my old rod and line: How ! raced up and
oOWht ihut utAn VNtth W "
inch OF slack
"AlI az once my fab stopped. There was
no movement, just a heavy weight, and
when / pulled steadily in he came snn biz
SS.;o IN a rs mice Ersvssi ay. p ss:s -t ;r1sbt asaai
him to death by shouting. But q nice OH
Norwegian farmer. who weighed him TO
me on his funny steelyards, told me tina;
the hooks OF the grapple at the tail Of my
bait had caught him by the head and that
tho nninfQ had af laq raDchA6 hlR brain
He was q monster; just four feet two
inches long, and he weighed ~forty-three
pounds. They told US no one had ever
caught such a fine one in those parts. Jacks
got him in the Tay River In Scot land the
next year after. He has been dying -
beat my salmon ever since.
Il shall never forget my first salmon
said her companion. a bright little American
far from Basle, and | was one of a party
at a perfectly lovely old place there, clos
to the river. One day all the men went ~
fishing and | took, up a handsome little rod
found suspended on hooks on the railing
Of a footbridge over a tiny brook and flshed
a bit with a sort Of swivel fly which had u
bright tin body.
I got one or two short rises and WORKED
down to the little pool where my stream
and l was dangling the bait about a foot
over the water before casting when like
a fash Of lightning a great fish jumped for
it n got il. In a second he was of with
the line. and as the reel was very stiff, br-
cause | was holding down the drag withoui
knowing IL. my rod bent dreadfully. !
shouldn't wonder but l was screaming.
for | didn't a bit know what TO do. Imagine
my surprise. for imagined myself quit"
alone, when a gruff voice said. IF " lady
will me bermeet' and a mans hands took
the rod right away from me-.
OF course the drag was released ami
the man, a perfect stranger to me let the
fish take out q whole lot Of line. fnen e
sulked and the man reeled in a bit. He
seemed much interested, though perfectly
cool. and muttered, I will now you gooi
lady show how the fish to quigly cash, and
gave a vicious jerk! just fancy; a real
wicked jerk!
~Of course the salmon was mad. n"
raced OF like anything, o out all the line,
snapped IL at the spindle. smashed both
top joints and went away.
The big German stood there with the
broken rod outstretched and I am positlva
with his mouth. wide open. Then he lsid
the poor ruined rod on the ground and
slowly stamped OF it. grinding his teeth
like nothing ever heard before. | simplr