The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-30
Trout Season Opens Tuesday and Nu York Saturday

| light OF one distinct species of duns, may
be able to beguilc them with coach
man or some other ny radically diff
| ferent IN appearance Generally speak
| ing. with the reservation OF certain we'll
remembered exceptions. l have been UNI
able to do II. / am not the most skilful
| ny caster in the world nor yet the poor
est. can claim only the ability Of the
average.
have found that the brown trout is
| a quite keen observer OF structural and
coloring differences in the various files
and that when he is feeding on a certain
| flight IL IL best 20 give him. an arti-
! fcial fly as near the natural as possible.
No specific laws may be laid down In
| fly fishing for trout
Season. temperature, water, weather.
| all cause subtle differences which we
have no way OF measuring. and which
materially affect fishing conditions I
have sometimes thought that trout were
possessed OF another sense than those
given TO us. and that II is that unknown
sense which we call "whim in them.
Brownie Cautious and Suspicious.
But in general we know that our best
chance in successful angling comes from
making a natural appeal TO their hunger {;
that we must present TO them lure
which at least approximates the ap-
peara nee OF the natural insect and IN a
manner similar TO that in which the
living insect comes to them. and that
the brown trout IL the embodiment of
caution and suspicious of the unusual.
and that therefore the ''hit or miss
fisherman, while successful on occasions,
Ia certain to lose out in the long run
as compared with the man who studies
his quarry and initiates nature.
The brown trout Is not like the black
bass which il pugnacious and rushes at
the plug apparently through rrgs alone.
He is fnicky. canny. shy. not easy to
catch, a good fighter when hooked, and
therefore distinctly sporting" The
laundering dub who thrashes the water
noisily and let's his fly fall like a frog
! leaping from the bank is not apt to be
successful with the brownies
/ The most successful brown trout ny
fisherman | know who can fish with me
over stream and take two trout TO my
one, 4is in the first place a most skilful
fly caster. Not that he uses long
line-he doesn't. But with twenty or
twenty-five foot line out his leader Just
seems 10 barely touch the water so
lightly does IL fall. 1t does not curve or
loop as Il comes to the water, but lies
fully extended and straight
The hy lands with wings cooked and
dry nv enthusiast. He is accurate
and knowing the one spot where the
trout IL most apt to be, makes the fly
fall in that spot al the very nrst cast
Changing Flies Brings Success.
He frequently changes files. II one
does not prove successful within a rea-
sonable time he tries another and an
other until he hndsthe proper one. He
seeks to match as we'll as he can the
natural insect upon the water. Ere.
quentiy one fly is successful for time
and then the fish refuse, it. He Their
seeks to find the one they want and
usually finds II.
1t takes patience TO change. Mes a,
frequently as he often does. but it prove.
successful tactics. Furthermore. the
stream in Pennsylvania which we hav,
asked together he knows as he does hi:
own parlor We will come TO a tin,
pocket in rough water where sinai
stone comes close to the surface ant
where, in consequence, the current ha.
worn a hole into the bed Of the stream
Unless a man had actually stepped intt
: il he would not know that II was there.
| IT always get trout there" he will
say. He will cast into the right spo
| and usually get rise. Again we vii
come TO a grassy bank where the wateI
looks to be shallow.
That's a good place there for trout,
he will say: they like to lie there e
grab the bugs that fall into the water, :
!; and soon he will be fast to one OF them
3 He makes n mental note NJ each place Fl
which he captures a fish and knows tina
the chances are that he will catch other!
there.
i, His success may be summed up ri
follows: First. careful study of the in
sects in fight and careful ma itching o.
them from his fly book: second. shor
lire casting. causing the line to fal
with delicacy and silence, and will
leader always straight; third. careful
) approach of likely spots and avoidance
, of shadows on the water and urneces
I sary noise; fourth. close study of thu
stream, and intelligent calculation o
the possibilities of each foot OF tn
water.
, He uses a light rod. not over H..
ounces certainly, and only about 81
!, feet long. He is able to use such a roo
since he does not try for distance, bu
accuracy and delicacy only.
: An Experience With 'Old Ephrsim
One advantage which the brown trou
: has over the native trout lies In hi
RTodtST weight. ne grows lhSter, an
Y II the water which he inha bits offer
\ sufficient possibilities gets TO formidabl
$ size. The user Of light tackle must ex
3 pect to lose some of 1t when he is fas
I to one Of these lunkers
r In the stream In Pennsylvania o
e which ! have spoken there Ia n certai
dark. deep. we'll shaded rocky pool wher
n the current turns completely upon itsel
? and forms a real whirlpool. In this sin
: gularly favorable spot dwells. or di
o dwell. "Old Ephraim," a brown trou
1 that must weigh at least seven pounds.
$ To fish that pool did, unknowin
!. OF its chief citizen. and get fast TO
a terrific tornado of a fish which once h
8 felt the hook went down the stream lk
: a fash and took with him in n momen
4 the tip OF my rod and at least nftee
: yards OF line. Is to have an experienc
that will make the hair rise on YOU
I head.
a My friend. the expert, knows "Ol
n EphraiEl" we'll lie has presented I
v him the tips of three rods. and man
d yards OF line, and yet so we'll does
e like the thrill, that he continues to AS
z for him with his feather light tacll,
9 odd Ephraim" always does the sam
r thins-run down stream as soon as
feels the hook.
d After my experience with him. an
o having heard OF similar experiences fror
g other anglers 7 am convinced that
A would almost take a salmon rod 10 sto
o him The possibility OF getting large As
70 is therefore always open to the angle
z after the brownies, and such a possibilit
o is practically unknown In brook trou
a streams this side OF Maine and Canad;