New Britain herald., 1927-06-04
Hook, Line andSinker

Black Hills, or Michigan,
 What shall it be?
 Maine or New Hampshire
 All wild countree.
 Trout that are vicious,
 Trout that are mild,
 Plains that are peaceful,
 Woods that arc wild:
 Yellowstone, Glacier,
 Yosemite too:
 For a two weeks vacation
 What's a poor guy to do?
 
 There V are. Never knew we were a poet did you? We are al- ways dashing off things like that. This one took a mere four or five hours and even then we couldn't get the foarth line 10 match so we spelled it out for you. Copies bound in limping leather with authors autograph can be obtained at any really good book store.
 Seriously though. we are in a quandary as to what to do with our vacation if we decide to take one. We're cluttered up with folders from every place from Hawaii 10 Wallingford and they all look good. If you've got any suggestions we'd be glad to hear them. (Cries from the rear-"Go anywhere but don't stay around here.")
 July 1 looms up on the horizon as the next red letter day on the fisherman's calendar. Then the sev- en foot split bamboo that has yanked trout out of brooks will be reverently laid away and its stubhy five foot brother with the agate guides will be taken down. All the plugs and spinners will he dusted off and the minnow bucket with its usual outlay of leaks will be taken off the shelf and thrown in the hack of the car. Strong men will catch cold turning over stones for helgramites-all the annual bass preparations will take place then.
 Personally, we're glad to see the opening day arrive. although we never laid claims at being the boss of bass fishermen of the New Eng land states. The fact is, We think the trout have conspired against Us this year and have refused to con- sider us seriously and so long as word of the boycott hasn't reached the regions beneath the lily pads we hope that we'll be able to ac- tually come home with something more than the words "1t was worth the trip-the woods were beauti- full"
 But speaking Of trout you should have seen the pretty string that we saw taken out of a brook near Hartland. Eighteen trout there were and the smallest of the fam- fly measured nine inches while the largest just broke 14 1-2 inches. They were fat. every one of them. and they were the first sizeable trout we've seen that were taken out on fly. A Parmachene Belle and Brown Hackle-with few tries with a Coachman-were re- ported as the winning combina- ton. We understand that they were taken out of a private brook and that one needs a certificate of membership to get In the water. but they were pretty fish just the same.
 At least we have one follower on the stand that the present stocking activities of the state and the nu- merous fish and game associations in the near vicinity are not getting the results that were expected. A Berlin resident. and an old timer at the game. has expressed himself in favor of our last weeks wise words. stating that the present system of planting hatchery ftngerlings in the fall is as bad as handing them to the cat.
 "A mink will stick around a stocked brook for weeks until he wipes them out" he said. ''rhese hatchery trout aren't accustomed to natural conditions and aren't qualified to stand the attacks of mink and winter combined. I've been fishing three times and I've caught one seven inch trout-don't talk to me about stocking settling all the problems"
 We agree 1t is altogether prob