The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-10-21

that we started from the Koscius-
ko hotel for the upper waters Of
i the Snowy. Our packs and tents
had been got ready overnight, and
by five o'clock we were making our
mile an hour, single file, over rough
track that only an Australian bush
man could Finland keep. Through
mass Of underground and tangle OF
scrub we eventually reached the
shoulder Of a ridge, and got a peep
at Kosciusko, still partially snow
clad, fifteen miles away; then we be-
gan our descent of some three thou
sssand feet to the river, in many places
almost sheer down. By lunch time
small sheltered clearing, to the music
of huge body of water laundering
over the rocks In such a volume as to
suggest rapidly melting snow on the
uplands. 1t was pretty evident that
there was too much water, so we
spent the afternoon in catching bee
ties and insects, and comparing them
with our English flies. We got many
species of a flying ant, dun, blue,
green and occasionally barred, like
zebra, in clear-cut bands of black and
yellow; flying grasshoppers an inch
and half long, brown in appearance
when at rest, and canary-color when in
flight; another much smaller, with
bright crimson inside the legs; but
everywhere color, almost bizarre, pre-
dominating. 1 have noticed the same
conditions when fishing other snow
waters. The Tasmanian Great Lake
has a similar variety of brightly col
ored insects
At five o'clock next morning | was
at bend where the river widened out
and ran quietly over a Single bed,
some distance from the fall lower
down. The mist was still rising from
the water as l made my first cast.
1t was cold and raw, but as the spot
was good one, l moved very little
until the first CLINT of sun dispersed
the mists. The white moth began to
leave the bushes and float across the
stream, as l came ashore and made
my way to the tail Of the race | put
a second fly on (shrimp), and with
long line got as far as l could across
rapid water with bright sunshine on
it. l drew the flies round behind me
as l finished each cast, and at last |
had a glorious rise in the very water
where | had made my first ATTEMPT.
The music from my reel told me had
powerful fish. The bushes right
down to the waters edge forced ME
farther into the river, then, with moth
ing but a fine sheet of water between
US, we began the fight. The fish came
up stream and flashed past me and
into the fast water at once; before it
stopped l had long line out, and |
followed, hoping to turn it before it
got to rough water. A steady strain
told me that | would be unWise to
take liberties at this stage, and | let
1t have its fling for fully ten minutes
before l thought Of attempting to d.
rect affairs. Up to this point l had
not seen more than an occasional
swirl, but presently the fish turned
and went down stream into shallower
water, and l saw the beauty so prop
erly called Rainbow" Glad enough
l was to get to the quieter water,
where, five minutes later, | lifted
lovely female fish weighing 5A
pounds.
l went back and wakened the sleep
Ing camp, and we had fish for break
fast.
On that and ten succeeding delight
full days our spirits rose as the river
fell. Twenty fish were killed by MY
friend rlnrnjncr in, hot
strong fisherman could stand in