The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-12-03
FISH TALES BY R. ". CHAMBERS
ONE or HUNTING 4 FIERCE
TROFr WIN SHOTGg
Thr Nv riisi Tell. ef sila Fishing tssp~r,-
rnees -Grrmau Trent Like American
Files, French Trout Won't Take 'Em
Marx Of the t:rauinr nrOek Trout

thEf'cr rEoT'r' ph' w particular Ne goes
N ;or fishing The othc- day h. con
sented 10 talk Of his fishing experiences
1t IA a very curious fact saId Mr.
Chambers. that German trout will rise
a grea' deal better To our American flies
Than they will To tho German f,ie~ Which
American flies. Any nf them All 81
them
When ! first went fishing III Germany
| had with me merely my own BOOK OF
HI"s which had been using in this coun-
try, and had first rate luck wherever I
went. Afrerward procured German
',As. some 81 which bought at the stores
while Others were tied for me by various
C"rmsns who WE'RE rr,'koned "Spsri NJ
II and never had anything like such good
fortune with them "a with NV own
Are thee" brown front or which You
arr speikipg?-
Yes. and they arr splendih sport: IN
tact a. fine sport a. You rin find any
~h.r"-
Have not thes. brown trout bo.,u in
troduc~d into som. American fishing
waters,-
Yes. and we hal better hav. lrf' them
N Germany-
Do YOU mean thai they fare best IN
their native hs unts?-
moan that whom they ar, trans
planted into American waters they grow
much larger and der,er and b"cnm" fish
eaters They .x'erminai- oar nariv"
trout wh~., sh.v ar. introduced ,nto oar
streams and lakes Ard you cannot get
rid of them when ones vol hlv" got them
-Dnc.. Wa visiting ~ "A pTivRr" pre-
81,
on II Nas not the fishing season. So W.
w-r. not after trout h'.t after I'Iail A.
~. walked along ms host vas telling me
Aliou; IN" "nnrts which tho club had made
g. rid ~ lax. .. brown trout which had
unfoi ,Ina;"ly b"cn introduced int ~
They rad even gon" -o far "a - drain
tn" " hole LAX" in tn" -nd.avor L. get rid
81 these brown trout
On oar way hack tn tho clubhouse
from the afternoons sport u" wcr"
CT ossing u bridge over IN. canal that
dralncd the lake. when saw IN the
stream just aho'" tnr bridge a htg brown
trout Weighing about four po'Ind- ""
sent 70 she ciubhoIss for shot guns and
fred At him oNe' ana over again. To
show you how tough th"-. fsh b"come
IN This country thos" shot seemed 30 roll
r Oh, on his hack without hurting him
He was 81 cours. few inches under
y ater He kept trying TO work IN umdrr
the bridge But AT last ". got nearly
abov. him and fred a: him again He
rolled over. belly upward and We sent /
t he retriever in after him. and III. dog
brought the fish ashore
DO these brown trout always devotion
tendencies when rncy ar"
hr ought over and SGT frr- in American
fishing wa'ers'-
Yes: i, has been IN. sam" IN every case
They devour all the othcr trout in their
When they are trans
planted they grow much faster Than they
~ AZ home and faster than our trout
no, and accordingly they ar" able ~ ga,
up ri. liTtl" troTl Of oar nativ. srrci"s
v hich start life AZ TN. sam. time with
themselves.
I should like 20 Sc. the experiment
made 81 putting these brown 'rour -
Europe into lakes " here ther. ar. pIcA'rci.
believc they would hold heir own agsins.
oickerei and survive
Are our flies good for aGr part ut
Europe, that an American angler
roing abroad 10 fish could rely entirely
N his own
oh. no. In the streams and rivers of u
rance. for instance. American flies
70 not nea rly so effective as local ones
i range 10 say. the lure that works best
n som. streams Of France is the cock
hafer. That il what the peasants Use
rnen polishing or poachinx. no other T.,
ire compares with il. "a ! once had &C. {
1-ion 90 learn. The proyinclals in France ,
70 very skilf,Il an glers you know |
One day | WAS fishing alorg one Of q
nose beautiful French streams. ! made I
ist a fter cast and never saw n I'm Along !
ame peasant in sabots carving a I
ID asked him what fy h. was using. I
I'D ne said Try a cockchaf"r i
L couldn't believe IT, He put a cock
1afer on his hook-you know thos. =
r"atures have a stiff. hard upper wing il
IA, lifts up and another gauz-Iike wing h
i.r shoots out at right angles. and as a
1ey fy over the water they maze n con a
ant buzzing We'll. this peasant only
is' TWO or three times RICH, over h. place n
here had cas-, repeatedly without get i,
ng = rise when he struck three pound Il
ont. = perfect beauty. and presently
q ianded him r.
'Bu, on the Continent. YOU know. thsy 9,
ID nov fnAhe AnV'rl0R Ike so fnNrh Of v
.nIng a. they do IN England They A
rely understand what good sport II IL T
Germany. for instance. they do not a
INK anything 81 it, In Austria too '.
Dev hsv. very ii'rl. conception Of either "a
art or the science 81 angling And II
ere IL splendid fishing 10 I've had m both r.
csc countries and all through thai ~
,rr Of Europe. In Belgium too there - -
excellent trout FISHING. !,
Have ever tried dry e. fishing,
90 but after all that can he -sirl for ~ Il
i'm 80 much fun "a other rat ho,la Of o
,hing with the fy Besides. IL involves -
ore trouble You have your flie- made "
m cork body or else you tighten a
am with pa rafffn. and rhe making Of "a
- cast i. more diific'ilt -
You say that transplanted fish grow ~
10 grss' deal larger and - ronger W
an n they are left In their native habi- W
49, "
- Yes" ssid Mr. Chambers: bur the way y,
trout grows and the .ize 10 which h.
'nws depand entirely on his envirun- "a
~nt ana circumstances Take any pool "
- brook: go there wear after wear and