Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1910-07-09
HOW To CATCH
THE Willy TROUT
Experts Conner and Crandall
Say Tremendous Techni-
que Required
FIVE RULES TO OBSERVE
One Is to See Without Being Seen
Youthful Angler Says
It's Easy.
Prof w. 0. Conner, 100.
Prof. c. J. Crandall, 50.
Frank Butts e.


Prof. c. j. Crandal, 50.
Frank Butts, 60.
! DR.. Miller
The above is the official score" of
the four sportsmen who have just re-
turned from the Rio Medic where they
spent Thursday fishing for the willy
! trout and with great success. Salted
trout of all sizes and suitable for many
| dishes have been brought back as eyi-
| dence OF the success of the trip and
| now anglers who have not had even
a nibble are asking how they did it.
Just how many trout Doctor Miller of
Tesuque landed is being kept a mys-
| terry but Professor Conner caught 100
Of the inhabitants of the Rio and Pro
| fessor Crandall was only II behind
! this perfect score
You might as we'll ask a Pader-
eWslli or a Bloomfield-Zeisle Or some
other great pianist or pianiste how
it is done when you see their fingers
dashing with lightning like rapidity
over the iyories as to ask us how we
landed those trout" said Mr.. Gram
dali this morning as he sat in his auto
There is tremendous technique re-
quired, Of course, and there is intui-
ton perhaps too. Some people have
a musical ear and some people have
a trout eye. We had the trout eye.
You can't fish successfully for trout
in this country by using your eastern
lake or pond tactics, throwing in
we'll baited hook and watching for the
cork to go under. No sir. You will
do well to study the habits of the
trout in New Mexico and buy suitable
| imitation bait of flies and then show
your skill in dipping that fly into
mole that seems to be trout habita-
ton. There is no use in ringing door
bells when Mr.. Trout is not at home
| think there are five rules to be re-
membered by one and all, old or
/ young. First, go where there are
trout; work rapidly; dip your hook in
and out with dash and dexterity; keen
i out Of sight of the trout as much as
possible; and do not make any noise.
You must see without being seen
The trout are extremely shy and pc
! cullar creatures though if you keep
IN the background and merely dangle
the fly over his little cave he may
! become even so bold as to dash right
| out into the ozone after it. That hap.
pened to me on this trip. Mr.. Trout
Jumped nearly a foot out of the water
after my hook but unfortunately he
missed it, I hadn't time to even put
the hook into the water.
Luck? Bosh!
rs there such a thing as luck?"
was asked.
Luck is all bosh, as is generally
understood in card playing. 1t takes
good cards to win success at 500, we
, know but with trout fishing the
, trumps are the trout. If there are
trout to be caught you can catch them
If you go about it right.
But you have to be shrewd and
tactful and persistent. Yes, persist,
ent' II you do not get a trout right
away that is no reason why YOU
should lie down on the side of the
+ stream and read novel or smoke a
pipe. You will never increase your
, percentage that way.
r trout fishing is difficult, and that
is why it is so fascinating"
I Mr.. Conner's Advice.
Then came along the great fisher.
J.. man with the perfect score, Professor
@ W. o. Conner, head of the school for
the deaf. How did I catch those
trout? Well, it was easy. One must
study the ways of the trout and ca.
}. ter to him. Just as Mr. Crandall has
told members of our party tact and
Y technique are required and a certain
intuition that tells one at looking al
a hole whether or not it is inhabited
r. That is whether or not the silyery
j swimmer would be there or not. This
> is not learned in an hour nor in q
a day. 1t takes some people very
- long time to learn even this point in
:, the game"
y Bowls Says It's Easy.
; clarence Bowls, who recently
=, caught number of trout on his frs
:, attempt in fishing in New Mexico i.
u a dissenter from these views. 1--WE arr
not all green even if we have no
had any experience with trout" sait
, he THE inexperienced man nee,
l. but look at his more experiences
y brethren and if he is a close observe
/ he will rapidly get the idea. 1t il
8 not a question of humming on plan,
t for years and spending fortune o
S gold dollars for music lessons begin
e ming with the sdo-re-mi-fa' and TEEN
1t ing with Italian 'adagio' and 'moder
e ato' and 'gracile' expressions. Trou