New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-10
BLACK FOREST FISHING
Britisher Finds Trout There, as
Well as Good Company.
GERMAN ANGLERS CURIOUS
But a Naive Youth, a Distract.
ing Girl, Add to the Joy
of the Sport.
Todtnau BLACK Foreso.

"All weathersi But you fish quite diner
entity from us II must be famous-When
you catch anything!"
Yes" I replied forcing a smile ana
ignoring the suggestive pause. 1T Is.
But II was by no means famous on TINS
occasion. when l had merely succeeded
I'm inspiring the apostrophes of the young
err Herr Ziegler by a specimen OF long
distance casting that would have sent the
committee OF the Flyfshers' Club into
half-mourning. AS a matter OF fact ny
fishing was out OF the question. After
week OF rain the Wiese. which runs
through the southern Businesses or the
Black Forest. was in a hurry to get TO
Bale. and leapt down It's rocky road in an
unbroken series Of cascades. This, with
a strong upstream wind, put me out or
action. but my comparisons remark, You
fish quite differently from u.s. had reused
my curiosity II was soon grained, Tor
his father was busy among the trout
little lower down. With him was a gaunt
youth. who. as ! presently discovered
carried by a leather strap over the left
shoulder an oblong metal water tank.
into which. already during our approach,
! ndQ seen the olu StHticHAoH N'SH 49,
fish. Then the murder was out.
HE FRlvOLS TO NO EFFECT.
lust az we came to the scene. swing
OF his good right arm sent trout, weigh
ing nearly half a pound by the look OF IT,
cleaning in the air. and Topping In the
hay, 10 be Immediately appropriated by
the peripatetic aquarium. Now | real
lied why the son had made me leave my
landing net at The Ok. His fathers
stout hazel would stand the strain easily
enough. and he fondly ina gined that
should land the fish In the same sum-
mary fashion ION my Bernard split
camel. and. no doubt. regarded the net as
poaching device.
on this occasion the elder Ziegler
caught thirty Some days, he said, It was
forty or fifty, and ! saw no reason TO
doubt IT, And, as worm fisher. he was
extraordinarily skilful dropping the bait
in every likely hole. even in that storm
Of waters Also. he proudly Informed me-
he fshed at times with fly. but 1t soon
transpired that this meant dapping with
a short cast fixed 10 the top OF rod IN
nocent OF reel or rings. | hope | am not
too outspoken, particularly as Herr Zieg-
Ter (who rents the fishing Of the Gemeinde,
or commune. for miles above and below
the town gave me leave 10 fish wherever
| pleased. and also gave me cigar the
Ike of which I never smoked before and
dare never hope TO again But his frank
ness, AT any rate, matched mine. II hap
pens that he owns a paper mill and, by
way Of making conversation IN such
wreckage Of the language as is left me
from my German university days in the
dawn OF the COS. | said.
We'll. We are two Of trade. any way.
You make paper and spoil IT,"
How so?" he asked. How comes
that
We'll. | write you see
Fresh from the amenities OF France
spoiled By a fortnight OF the servillty
which hedges the tourist In foreign hotels,
looked for al least a mild protest
against my modesty. Not bit Of H.
Turning his wonderful cigar in his lips,
as he thought the matter out with Ger
man thoroughness:
"Ach. So" was his comment Yes. you
, are right