Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1930-05-15
About Gentle Art
of Fishing
BY RING LARDNn

To the Editor:
The undersigned wrote such 4 mas
terful article ON instructions In re-
CARDS to fishing 4 yr. ago that have
been asst TO write another one and try
to make 1t somewheres near twice ~
good.
l can't be all over the country at
once but they say that from now on
Ii the best time to fish In either fresh
or salt water or both at the same
time on acct. Of being the open sea-
son for the new kinds Of fish which
have been discovered since the last
fishing article l wrote.
In the old days before these things
happened, why II Z person lived on 4
fresh water pond or rivulet, why all
they had to do was to bait their hook
with spinach and they were practical
" sure Of dragging in 4 muskie. a
pickerel, perch. pestilence. q
sword fish, 4 swage, a ser0d or q
cramer. But now days since they
have found out about the new kinds
Of fsh you have got tc use q whole
lot more judgment. That Il why l
have been approached on all sides
with q view to learning the new se-
crets In regards to how to nsh for the
new kind Of fish.
Would like to exclaim at the outset
that ! have long been z student OF
what l sometimes call the finley tribe
and am known around home by 4 nick
name l once give myself, namely. the
Piscatorial artistic. Lots OF people
stu call me Isaac Newton on acct.
Of the mastery l have got over the
piscatorial profession.
Well to make 4 abort story still
shorter, the latest 6sh that can be
caught In medium water, that Is, half
way between salt and fresh and vice
verse, II the gef1el. The nimrod must
first lay on their back and read an
evening paper. Along about five
o'clock you bait your hook and cast
1t OF the side Of the boat or hammock
or bicycle or whatever you was In to
start with The bait must be sage
dressing out Of q turkey. 1t will i'm
prove matters 4 good deal II the fish,
erman keeps reading the comic pic
lures Of the paper and laughing aloud
a. that makes the gefel think he ia
not In arnest. Sometimes 1t Is nec-
essary to have two evening papers a.
the geffel don't always agree on which
II the funniest pictures. The first
time Commodore Gallagher Of the
Knickerbocker Yacht club fshed for
genel, he had no less than three comic
supplements and had to read one and a
\ before he ever got a nibble. BY that
time both he and the geffel was laugh.
ing their heads OF. That put them
both on easy 1t.
Another fish that has recently been
discovered In all kinds Of waters and
some kinds Of milk II the prone. The
word prone means laying down face
forwards on your stomach and that Is
where this scion Of the finley tribe
got Its name on acct OF It always ~
Ing down face forwards on IT. stom-
ach. In order to catch them you have
got to first wake them up and turn
them over and ask them why they
wal laying on theil stomach. 1t may
OF been from cramps or something
but az soon az you md out then you
know how to fish for them. II It wal
cramps you give them some kind o.
indigestion tablets which l won't men
ton no names on acct Of free adver
tix1ng, but II that Is what 1t was. they
win get very grateful and turn oveI
on their side and then II the time t
grab them. A prone laying on theil
side Il az helpless as n Of Tunney'i
sparring partners.
In this connection It might be 0.
interest to tell other Isaac Nimrodi
about my nrst experience IN prone
fishery. l had been out In q Quee
boat on Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, to-
three years. every day. trying to &c
4 prone. They wouldn't even look q
me. One day however, one Of then
got In terrible shape and began t
cry in misery and l called down t
the bottom Of the lake what u tn
matter. The prone rolled over AM
made the remark that 1t felt kind o
out Of things a. parties had been 60
ins on at the different mansions AM
cottages around the lake and 1t hal
not been invited to one.
Well. / says, You and / are In tn
same boat
No, says the prone, We ANT but VI
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