The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-05-08
City Enthusiasts Looking Long
ingly at Rod and Reel.
Plenty of Enticing Holes To Be
Found Around Topeka.
KAW A STREAM OF MYSTERY
You Have to Know Secrets of
Hunting Bull Heads There.
Fish Stories of Yesteryears
Arouse 1920 Enthusiasm.

Not to insinuate that all men are
liars-but the fishing season has be-
gun. Already the habitually ardent
anglers are beginning to relate fish
tales that arouse tremendous en-
thusiasm and high resolves in the
breasts of their hearers and incident
ally increase business for the sporting
goods stores.
OF course, the early bird has the
option on the worm and most OF the
followers of the rod and reel who have
braved the chilly weather this spring
to make cast in some babling brook
have been rewarded-handsome or
otherwise. Most of the streams within
easy access of Topeka seem to get
''fished out" along in the summer. so
that he who hesitates loses some OPP
portunities to tell true fish yarns the
next day.
The good old Kaw-the most ac-
cursed and beloved of all muddy,
treacherous streams, is, of course,
perennial source of supply for those
who know how to fish in it. The man
with the pole and line and the rod
and reel seldom has any luck in the
I<aw-it takes a trot line to land 'en
there. But patience Is rewarded, for
the catch is usually worth while.
To Other State Resorts.
Pilgrims to the Cottonwood and the
Grasshopper. the Big Blue and the
Verdigris are made by those with
properly equipped travelling facilities
| and an excess of time to spare. They
always return with sunburned noses
| and a handsome addition to the
worlds library of fish yarns. Those
| who go to Colorado and the lakes of
the east and north cannot, of course,
be classed with the ordinary victims
who must spend their vacations fish
| ing in Kansas.
Then comes the question of halt.
Some use artificial attractions to land
| the suckers in the same fashion as
| the women occasionally do, while
others cling to the good old-fashioned
| angle worms unearthed behind the
| barn. Dough balls, minnows and pork
| retain the affections of some, while
| occasionally may be found those stout
| hearted individuals who slay a chicken
| for their lunch on the creek bank and
| the catfish from their hiding places.
Fish Not Mentally Acute.
| Like everything else, fishing tackle
| is bit higher this year than last, but
it is rumored that fish are not Sc
mentally acute. Jointed rods and
reels no doubt have an advantage over
the old fashioned cane and willow
poles, but it frequently happens that
the wielders of the latter make the
best catch. This can. in great meas
ure. be checked up to the ignorance
of many persons concerning the
manipulation of a rod and reel. With
a reel, one can reach many places
that cannot be approached with the
ordinary pole and line, and that is
an advantage.
But for pure enjoyment and deli
| cious misery, the all-night fishing trip
has no equal. The long automobile
drive, the search for & good fishing
| ha nj Of
mosquitoes the Unsuitable curiosity OF
divers varieties of insects, the lost bait
can and the jubilant stimulation OF
the bacon and coffee next morning
that's life! How strange that more
city jewellers do not participate.