Catoctin clarion., 1923-04-26
NIBBLINGS OF NIMROD

At last I've been told by my ply
sician what the disease is from whicl
am suffering. l am glad to know
that lots of men and some women ar
afflicted the same as l am. 1t seem
strange that it comes on one at differ
ent times in different states. In Ma
ryland The disease is at its height OF
April 1st, Pennsylvania on April 18th
and some states in the west dom
feel it's sting until May 1st and JUNE
1st. suppose the "powers that be-
think too many people with the same
disease at the same time would be in
convenient, as even the doctors con.
tract it. 1t is named Troutitis anC
is similar to Bassitis. Both of afore
mentioned are after effects of Fishitis
and lots and lots of folks suffer with
Fishitis and don't know it. Troutitis
generally commences a few week be-
fore the open season for Trout fishing
You have feeling that you had bet
ter look at your fishing rod and see
if it needs rewrapping. You do that
and in few days you examine your
line and reel. The last symptom to
appear is "hankering" to gaze upon
the fly book. Boy, you now have
Troutitis, and before dawn the next
morning you will be along a noun
tain stream and Eat it." When you
catch your first Trout you are feeling
much better, and continue to improve
with each fish caught.
l read last week that Lou Jones
had been feeding them hamsandwiches
and ice cream. That may sound
rather funny, but I will tell you about
Trout.
Sometime ago l was in Frederick
buying some flies, as no self-respect-
ing Trout would look at a common
house fly any more than Volstead
would look at corn liquor. While l
was picking out the assortment of flies
I wanted, six young ladies came along
and asked me what / did with those
creepy looking things. I did my best
to explain how I cast them upon the
waters so that they would bring un-
told results. I think they were col
lege girls and seemed much interested
in my explanation. The flies did
not seem such "horrid insects" then.
Several days after my meeting with
those young ladies, was way up the
mountain with Miss April (my favor
ite fishing rod). The fish did not
seem to want to make my acquaint-
ance as freely as l wished and I could
not understand it. While deciding
what to do about it noticed that some
of the wrapping on my rod had be-
come lose. / went over to pine tree
and rewrapped my rod. used sew
eral colors of silk thread which l al
ways carry with me. had not used
any of the flies that l had purchased,
but l began at once to catch Trout.
l figured that it was the way had
dressed up" my rod. l learned later
on that l was right in my surmise.
A few days ago I was casting some
of my new flies on the stream up
near the Falls and was catching fish
right along when all of sudden they
stopped leaping to my fly. AS usual
l sat down to consider the cause.
While gazing around l spied stalk |
of arbutus. A thought came to me. |
rubbed some arbutus on my fly and |
shot it out over little pool of water.
Did I have any luck? ~ didn't do |
nothing else but" This time l am
convinced that Trout are "choicy" and
the young ladies l met are the cause
Of my knowledge. They were hand
ling the flies as 1 told them of the
use of them and you know college
girls are generally pretty well per-
fumed. have put in an order for
some eye lash, rogue, cologne, lipstick,
and nose paint and if the Trout have
turned fiapper fish and are looking for
A cake eater, come cuddle up to MINI
ME. But I have made up my mind
not to "bob" my rod miss ApriD
neither will make permanent
wave" out of her. Some day l am GO
ng to take a new corncob pipe, a
IAN of cut plug and some chawing
tobacco along, and, folks, I bet l
latch the toughest, toughest, fighting
,st old spotted boy you ever saw.
Since writing this I feel much bet
,er and / believe l am going to get
,ver it all o. K.
NJ M Rod