Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-08-05

I've been kidding myself that fish
ing was a sport or pastime, but l
guess it's regular business-same as
a carpenter or a plumber" FATTY
Lewis declared "No wonder | amt
ever had no luck How's a guy going
to catch fish that don't know what to
use to catch them with?'
You can't prove it bv me-" Hur-
rah Smith replied. "Youll have to
ask somebody that knows"
There's nothing i'm that SYSTEM
Lewis answered. Pm horrible cX-
ample of simp that searched for in
formation Believe, me, ! COuldn
had any more success If I'd been look
ing for a gas leak with a match. The
ether day | thought ia take a little
conversation with guy that | knew
that liked to fish. | told him | was
going down to Lake Taneycomo fish
ing and | thought I'd be sociable, so
asked him what was the best way
to catch bass
There's only one way he replied
so positively that | was convinced that
as soon as he got through talking that
I'd have no trouble Cast for them
All you have to do is to get your
self a buCktail or a red Ibis and put
on hunk of pork, a live minnOw or a
frog and start to working. You'll
sure get all the bass in the world, he
continued. OF course, there's a lot of
POOR deluded chumps that will advo-
cate the use Of artificial flies, but
don't pay any attention to them,
they're harmless, and as long as they
use flies it just leaves more bass for
us regular fishermen
Il thanked the guy" Lewis de-
Clared, and few minutes later | got
in the chair for a shave and started
to tell the bird that was working on
me about my fishing trip.
Going to fish for bass the bar
Der inquired.
mo | replied all full of conf
dGnce, L amt going to fish for bass;
| m going to catch some. I've been
fishing for EN- all my life, but Pve
found out how to catch them. With
that | ups and tells him all about my
bait casting as though it was original
stuff
Say he replied, you're too smart
a guy to waste your time bait cast
ing. Don't let them ounces bull you
into that racket Bait casting-huh-
well Of all the phoney ways Of trying
to catch fish-that's the limit 1t may
be all right if you're looking for eX-
ercise II that's what you want join
an athletic club.
"All them chumps can do is to
throw a piece of lead at a target he
continued, but when it comes to fish
ing | can take fly and get more bass
out of my bathtub than they could
out Of lake. Why, it stands to rea-
son that anyone who knows ANYTHING
- A.H l.. L.. . l.s.N
they're always feeding around old
stumps and in the moss and reeds. A
fly fisherman can cast in those kind
OF spots and grab himself a fish every
three minutes while your old bait
caster Is churning the water into a
foam out in the middle Of the lake. |
found a bass the other day that had
laughed himself to death at the efforts
of bait caster who was trying to
catch fish. II you really want to fish
you get yourself fly outfit and get
busy
Them birds had me all crossed up"
Lewis continued. 81 was sure glad
that / went to get shave before |
bought a bait casting outfit and yet
didn't feel exactly like blowing the
bank roll for fly rod. / walked out
of the barber shop and stood on the
sidewalk trying to figure out the
thing in my own noodle.
"'Hello, Fat friend said to me.
What's on your mindY
I'm just trying to decide whether
I'd get a fly rod or a bait casting
outfit
what for?' he inquired. Going
to decorate a den or play Joke on
somebody
Il had thought some of going fish
ing I replied, not particularly caring
for his small town comedy one
friend tells me that bait casting out
fit is the one best bet and then this
barber In here almost called an officer