White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1921-07-17
FISHERMEN
HOOK A "CLOUDbURST

Stanley Williams. Tom Haley. Ray
Hoffman. Vaughan briggs and Harry
$ Fay we're over on Cleve creek last
Sunday. the party with their camp.
ing paraphernalia making the trip III
Two automobiles, leaving Ely Satur-
day afternoon and returning late
Sunday night. The fishing was pretty
good with the high strings OF speckled
beauties credited to briggs and Fay.
The days sport was somewhat
marred by heavy showers prevailing
In that section OF the country Sunday
and the rain. coupled with the thick
growth of willows and other foliage
along the precipitious banks OF the
creek. made fishing somewhat diff
feult and rather unpleasant. particu-
larry after the rain had thoroughly,
soaked The willows and underbrush.
The fishermen became as wet as the
brook and the story Of n probably
applies nicely to the situation in gem
erai lie said.
IT was like climbing through an
African jungle. only worse, | guess.
Most of the time ! was in the creek
up 10 my hips and had forgotten 10
take along any hip boots. Then the
cloudburst came and the part OF me
the creek hadn't We the rain did
| was soaked to the skin and then
some besides. But / got "a pretty
good string at that. although hooked
a lot of them didn't succeed in land
ing on account of the bushes and
other things. After a while | sue
ceeded In losing all my bait and pare
of my tackle IN the creek and then I
cult. II was getting dark anyway.
We had all kinds OF tough luck
getting home. Blowouts. magnetic
points on the bum. and finally the
lights gave out. Battery too strong.
| guess. The last part OF the trip We
didn't have any lights at all.
Il was sopplng wet and nearly
frozen. After I shivered a while Z
decided 10 get back to nature and
took on all my clothes. l was in the
Lack seal with the camp truck. (
packed the fish in my b. v. DIS, wrap
ped myself up in the blankets. which
were dry, and after that I came alons
pretty comfortably. Got warm as
soon as | got out Of my wet buds.
When | unloaded at East Ely {
guess | must have set my camera
down on the sidewalk and then walk
ed in the house and left IL there.
Anyway. | haven't seen it since, and
| remember taking Il after getting
u OF the car and then setting IL
down for a minute to do something
else. Whoever walked OF with IL
next morning sure got a good cam
ira"
All OF the party, including Harry
Lewis and Billy Lawrence, net at
Alex Kolcheek's mine Sunday after
noon and partook OF the hospitality
OF his camp. This is an incident OF
the trip the happy recollection OF
which will long remain. and. accord.
ing IN the statements OF the fisher.
men, time will never Grace the mem.
DRY Of the hot biscuits. steak, coffee
and other good things served by the
Indian cook. Charlie Sam.
Messrs. Lewis and Lawrence had
gone over TO Cleve creek with a truck
load OF lumber to be used for bridge.
building.
The foregoing. all OF which proves
that fishermen's luck. even in Ne
yada. while variable, is invariably en-
joyable.
Since the foregoing was written the
camera has been returned TO the
owner. II was found lying in the
middle OF the street early the next
morning by Win Fulmer while on
his way to the store and who located
the owner The chances are that the
camera was set down for a minute
on the runningboard OF the car and
in the darkness overlooked and for
gotten and thrown off a few minutes
later when the automobile turned
the corner.