Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1922-02-23
ANGLERS WAIT
SEASONS START
TROUT FISHERMEN HURRY
EAGER FOR MONTHS
TO PASS
Flies! Flies! Flies.

IT
The thought of the trout fishing
season becomes entrancing to the doz-
ems of enthusiasts of the rod and
reel. Many of these men, who seize
every opportunity during the sum-
mer months to wade swift streams,
are already fortified for May first, two
months hence. 1t may seem early
but they believe in getting ready in
due season and so new rods and reels
have been ordered, old ones have
been repaired, collections of flies are
being enlarged-and more than one
Wausau fisherman is making his own
flies, which, of course, are just wee
bit better than any made by COM
mercial house.
DIR. Trevitts Collection
DIR. A. w. Trevitt is one of the ar
dent trout fishermen who is making
his own flies. He has an attractive
collection of over 120 of them, all of
which he has made. The doctor uses
a No. 6 and No. s fly hook, which he
carefully winds with thread. The
thread is the body of the fly and he
may make it a bright red, grey or any
color that strikes his fancy. For
wings the feathers of poultry are used.
DR.. Trevitt has many bright colored
bodies, having made the flies with red,
yellow, purple, orange, bIue and grey
bodies He has made the wings appe-
MIXING by using feathers from barred
srocks, Rhode Island Reds and other
Varieties, bucktails, and squirrel tails.
To fasten the feathers or hair to the
thread body of the fly shellac is used
hof oh
ored flies are most effective, and that
fish possess combatative disposition
is his theory.
There are two flies that are wholly
out of the ordinary and DR.. Trevitt
vows that he shall use them both
While having his hair cut one day, the
doctor saw one of the silvery gray
locks fall to the floor. Immediately
he rescued it, put it carefully into an
envelope and later used it in making
two trout flies. These two ought to
bring home the bacon" says the doc
tor.
Among Fishermen
Just edge close to where trout en-
thusiasts are talking and hear their
stories. Their stories become start
ling as the unnoticed hours of con-
versation roll by, Among the great
est trout anglers in Wausau are Roy
Duncan, S. S. Dingee, DR.. A. w. Trev-
lit, Dr. r. w. Jones, j. l.. Sturte-
want, Jack Dingee, Emil Braatz, Fred
Swinbank, D. c. Everest, M. C. Ewing
Joe Komers, John Dern, George H..
Halder, DR.. H. R. Hopkins, DR.. j. H.
Kolter, John Stark, Oscar Binzer, Err
nest Dunn, Gus Ringle, DR.. G. A.
Thielke, VIM. Kalupke, Fred Dahlke,
Otto Mueller, Franz Ritter, Carl Haase,
Fred Genrich, Fred Genrich, Jr, DR..
H. T. Schlegel, Dr. L. M. Willard, DR..
F. c. Nichols, Dr. w. A. Green, Frank
Timlin, Calvin Crocker There are
many others among them NJ H. Dun
can, of Owen, formerly of this city.
and DIR. Harter, of Marathon, who is
reputed to be one of the best in
this part of the state. Mr.. Sturte-
want is conceded to be the most ac-
curate" fly caster in the city al
though during the past year or so he
has not fished as much as formerly.
Two men in the above list have
made half thousand or more flies
during the winter months They are
reported to be working leisurely at
this task and have found much en-
joyment in it. Recently friend
of theirs passed through the city and
he obtained several of their bucktail
flies. These, it is said, he mailed to
one of the largest sporting houses in
/ the middle west with letter in
which he said that former trout
fisherman, now a cripple, was max
ing the flies for his living. He added
the name of one of the Wausau men
making the flies. Since that time
these two individuals have been be-
seiged by requests to sell the flies.
Two cans of trout fry will. be plant
ed by many of the above mentioned
fishermen this spring in trout streams
nearby. Plover and Pine river will
doubtless be favored because they are