The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-31
WOULDN'T 1T GET
YOUR GOAT, ANGLER?
To Boast Of Fine Catch Taken
on Worn Out Fly; Then Go
Back and Get Nothing.
FIsHERMAN's EXPERIENCE
Trip Begins With Great Prep
arations; Ends With Falling
Into Brook.
ny SEARCH ME.

wouldn't It get your goat? I ask you.
wouldn't it?" When you and two
friends take seventeen beautiful trout in
two hours on one measly. half worn out
fly, two of them the largest you ever
caught. and you sat right down and
wrote the editor Of the Rod and Gun all
about 1t and told him you were going
again and catch so many big ones that
you would need three creels to carry
them in. And you boosted that you would
make certain noted conservationists who
fish occasionally. turn green with envy.
And them
You go again. You first buy a dozen
Of this particular fly. Also three dozen
dry flies of gaudy appearance, eight good
dollars worth. Also a half dozen new
leaders.
Then after dinner you get out the old
hunk of deer fat and grease your line.
You oil your reel and put a couple Of
new windings on your rod. You work
hard till nearly midnight getting ready
to fish. And them
You get up at $3.50 G. NJ. and wait
forty minutes for a car. Then you get
to the Grand Central an hour before
your train leaves And you go into a
restaurant and pay 20 cents for a cup OF
| coffee. a half Of a cantaloup, nine square
| inches of toast and two poached eggs
| And them
You pay s6.4S for n ticket and 60 cents
for four cigars. almost as good as the
| old pipe, and you ride three hours. And
| them
You pay $3.50 for ten minutes ride
to the brook. And you walk a half mile
10 that pool where the big ones were two
weeks ago. And they are there yet
| And them
You fish Till dark and never get a
strike. You see the big ones rush at
your flies. and sheer OF when within a
| foot of them. And then
You put up your rig and after bathing
your feet and putting few yards OF
adhesive plaster on the sore spots you
walk three miles to your hotel And
then you pay the landlord 81 for a days
accommodation. Also $3.50 to get up al
o'clock and take you to that pool
again. Also, you pay the cook 81 to
have breakfast at 1880, and then at C
A. NJ. you are at 1t again. All day.
swing. swing the old rod. Filter. filter
the fly ever the pools. Swat the mos
| quitoes and flies Put mud on the
nettle rash. cuss and d-n the fish that
won't bite. Freshen the three s-inch
trout that made some mistake and got
| on your hook, and them
With just one hour and n half to walk
three miles, change and ride two miles
| to your train, you fall in the brook: all
over, Wow 90 under two feet and don't
hit bottom. And the water all wet and
ice cold. You scramble out, turn down
your waders and get down on your
knees and hold your heels up behind to
let the water run out And then.
Feeling as II you weighed $50 pounds
you beat 1t. When you reach the hoteI
you have Just thirty minutes to change
pack up and make the train, The land
lord helps, the landlady helps. the cook
helps. And with your shoes united. your
collar and tie IN your pocket, you board
the fiivver. And then - you pay the
landlord dollar to take you to the
train. And then
You discover you have left your fly
book. and all those nice new flies and
leaders when you fell in the brook. And
I ask you again, wouldn't II get your
goat? Hath h-l greater torment fol-
a soul than this?"