Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-09-27
Outside Point of Wen

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He didn't regret that ne had not &C.
cum. ulared million. There was no
evident SORROW that re had never made
, & name in the world. He eHTied 10
ones possession Of an automobile while
he had a ride on a trolley car. HIS
modest siX-roonl house. paid for, he
would not exchange for the biggest
house in town AM be obliged TO keep
il IN" He die not care 10 be one o.
our leading citizens" and hare 10 lead
No. sir. he MAS thankful 10 be alive.
bl;r ne did -egret one thing. bitterly
regret lost opportunity. OF ~ather
wears n lost opportunities. With al
most tears IL his voice. ne said. Chok-
ing wiki emotion. 20 think that fo-
SIXTY wears have III season and out
Of season. gone a fishing and never
ca light bass on av until three
Years ago"
''Ycu fellows like my self ira. for al
@: -h"se wears fooled away YOUR time.
Using rr!nnuHs. frogs worms. grass
hoPptrs. craHfish. ever artificial affairs
fo- bait. have Just lost YOUR time. AL
YOU see YOUR game only ate: Z bite
and its hooked. Fly fishing You SOC
them before they -, hold and some
tines you are so keen YOU t~y to hook
the.n before they strike. Then. too. in
fly fishing YOU use al. eight or nine
foot pole. we!Ghing five or six ounces.
: five pound black bass hooked on tina.
kind Of an outfit YOU feel as tho he
"a
whole performance is it sight. Your
i,y is in sight when he -ushes Tor il.
and frequently he goes into the air a
foot OF two in his rush 10 grab the
butterfly before it can use its wings,
AID after you have set the hook into
him, the whole battle is open and
above board Your friends in the boat
With you see the fun They are prOdi-
gal IN advice. telling YOU TO give him
line" don't let him get under those
lily pads" get that landing net
ready" look OUT. he's giving YOU
slack" don't Try 10 bring him in set"
'.wait til rs shows less fight" now
then. don't let MIN gec under the hoa,.
All This talk doesn't rest your arm
particle And after zen minutes
struggle with q big mississippi black
BASS. re is safe ii the bottom Of the
boat. Wei YOU want a drink Of water.
There We're Two motor boats and
iou- Of Us with tivs the day we ma le
the mig killing. The general vas there
from Waterloo. the newspaper man
e~n77 81. Paul. the positive young man.
and this modest scribe with tWO moor
men made ~ the party 10 Nsh the
wing dams below PRESCOTT on the Mis-
sissippi Not everyone knows these
wing dams were bull; d!yec, across me
river 10 keep the current deep enough
for the stea n boats. Not entirely across
the river but far enough 10 make the
waite run in one place. OF course there
IS still water below all Of them and q
fierce current al the end. soon MIN
noWs and all small Ash found this still
water the best Of breeding places.
Then the bass found our such places
we're where they could get some fat
choice rlinnoWs any day II the week
Then the fishermen found out the bass
vent 10 school there not 10 say
boarding school. So mnnows. BLACK
and White bass YEA. even skiptackf
rise up and cali the government blessed
/ for building the wing dams on the
Mississippi. TO get back to the motor
boats Down the river we GO. shut of
I love-. as we come 10 dam. float down
10 the end Of the dam. turn and slowly
come UP just near the current The
fys are thrown twenty TO forty feet
| alight on the water. and in less than
the time II takes TO write this line
! there's something doing or there
isn't IF nobody's TO home IN three
minutes we are headed for the next
! dam. at twenty miles an hour. Again
we turn and float into the still water
I This time we have found them. The
whole bass family. white and black
are doing some fishing on their oTr
account. Minnows are jumping out o:
! the water and bass, too. in their haste
! to capture them. Out go our flies. IT
/ a quarter OF second we both had one
I At the next throw. the newspa per man
! had a double white bass catch. and this
scribe a double black bass rise; al
! four in the boat in three minutes. Al
| the next wing dam the positive young
man had the time OF his life" four
pound small mouth black bass grabbed
his yellow sally and commenced the
usual acrobatic performance This
gave the "crockman" fly on the drop
per the appearance Of being the live
lest ny that ever dropped into the
Mississippi. II WIS too tempting. An
other five-pound, small mouth took u
| in. And then. Here was a five
ounce rod, a small silk line, two big
bass, and a cool, young man engaged
In a struggle for mastery. sometinel
they pulled IN opposite directions
Then 1t was easy, but when the,
hitched up double and both started W
stream at q hundred mile an hour gait
then pity the positive young man. H.
opened up the motor boat, we chaset
them up stream. his twenty-five yards
Of line was almost out. and then
thank the Lord. they had q difference
! Of opinion. One ~anttea &C sc to tn.
Wisconsin bank The other to thu
Minnesota. And this falling out among
themselves was their ruin. The land
/ ing net was soon under and over them
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