Evening star., 1922-02-05

seven years ago, when they were de-
layed in the park because of bad
| roads, before the present good roads
system. and they had to wait for
the sun to dry up their road. They
went trolling for pike with a cluster
, of grab hooks baited with fat meat,
| and had no luck. They stopped at
an old sawmilI. where they bor-
| row the only trout line and fly 10
| be had. After an Alphonse-Gaston
| procedure. Fitzgerald, as the most
! expert fisherman, went OF, whipping
the stream for trout. He came back
| three hours later, wet to the waist.
declaring there were no trout in the
| waters. Byrns said to him: Sure
/ there are. Only trouble is you don't
| know how to catch them. ] can
beat you with a pillow line" and he
] showed him his six-pound catch.
Byrns owns that it was all luck. At
the saw mill they advised him that
by casting his line he might catch
a pike in the still water near the
dam. AS the fat-meat bait hit the
water he felt a tug and yanked in
so quickly and forcefully that his
hook caught the trout under fin
just as the fish snapped at the meat,
which was too big for him to get
away with.
IWAsH1SGToN is a fisherman's
w paradise, with the nearby
watercourses happy hunting ground
for those pursuing piscatorial game.
according to Representative w. J.
Graham of Illinois, who breaches the
gospel of Izaak Walton to his asso-
ciates in Congress, painting glowing
pictures of the health of mind and
body to be had from this primeval ma
ture cure.
II do not deny the soft impeach-
ment. l am a fisherman" says Repre-
sentative Graham. 1T is my one
great vice, or virtue, whichever you
may be pleased to call it. l am not
old enough to play golf or young
enough for tennis. And SO, when the
opportunity comes, fish. Every pond
and little stream becomes, in my eyes.
a piscatorial possibility. / am con-
firmed fishomaniac. Were household
goods in fashion now, would set old
Izaac Walton up to preside over my
home. My wife has lost all hopes for
my redemption, but, wise woman that
she is. makes the best of it.
Since the beginning of the world
war it has been necessary for mem
bers of Congress to stay in Washing
ton during the summer season. There
is no place in the country that / know
of where there is greater wealth
and variety in fish life than in the
waters around Washington. I have
fished all over the United States. and
speak adviSedly.
"And do you know how to enjoy
it properly" he asked a group of his
colleagues. Arm yourself with fiiv-
YER and a fishing outfit. Then, when
the day comes when You can leave
your work, get yourself some bacon
and some eggs, bread and butter, cof-
fee, an old frying pan and coffee pot,
mount your flivver and get out Of
town. There are hundred places
where you can go. When you have
fished until noon, start. a fire. cook
your bacon and eggs ana boil your
coffee. If it is spring. wild laurel is
aflame around you and the dogwood
unfolds its waxen blooms to the sky:
if it is summer. the sweet perfume OF
honeysuckle fills the air; il it is au-
tumn. a riot of color adorns the coun-
tryside. Then, l maintain. with such
humble and wholesome food, in the
wonderful outdoors. life seems to be
an ocean of content.
| 1.-THE Potomac swarms with so-called
! Mississippi catfish. Theirs is ha-cir
| little stream anywhere that does not
! contain sunfish of good size. which can
| be readily caught. At many of the
, points along the eastern shore of Mary
land good sea fishing is to be had.
| While I have tried all Of these. Il am
| sure the one place where I have found
the best sea fishing along the Atlantic
coast in this part 6f the country y
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