The Glacier reporter. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1953-current, 1956-07-13
A MINUTE
WITH Nj

l actually uOn KNOW WnctnCr
| can legally claim Browning as
my legal residence or not. In
some departments | am still CON.
sidcrcd a "fcrincr". particularly
by the Fish and Game Depart.
mcnt who says | must pitch my
tcpcc. and leave it pitched, on
Montana terra firma for a mini.
mum of six months before | can
PUNK down the customary three
bucks for 4 fishing license and
get away with it. So Earl
Eastwood looked at me some.
what Sympathctically when
asked for a fishing license and
said. Sorry son. this form of
diversion is going to cost you
ten bucks"
thanked him politely for
calling me son" instead of old
man. and walked out wondering
how long it would take me to
catch ten dollars worth of fish
as | hadn't seen a mess worth
that much since | was a kid. cX-
Ccpt in fish market where they
were tagged at a dollar a pound
And even At 4 dollar a
pound. any wife will insist that
they are heck of a lot cheaper
al that price in fish store than
when the old man goes after
them via lake or stream.
Things began to look up a bit
when George Brammcr and
Henry BuScy announced they
would take me to spot where
fishing wasn't really fun because
they bit SO fast and furiously
that you had to step back from
the stream a few PAGES to bait
your hook or the fish would get
the bait before you got it on the
hook.
That's it," | thought. Just
like the stories say. My ten
bucks was good investment
after all for a rusty trout fisher.
man."
To cut this down in proportion
to our catch that evening. VIC
found the spot. a beauty. and
just as they'd described it. We
rugged up and ! started off TO do
battle.
After about ten or fifteen
minutes Of walking in waisl.high,
wet grass from which seemingly
millions Of hawk.sizcd mos.
quitocs swarmcd up to feast on
fresh North Dakota blood.
landed my first trout.
This is it," | thought again
just as the overcast opened up
and all bu; washed me into the
stream.
We all arrived At the car at
about the same time. soaked Ia
the hide. and with one fish
apiece. except George who had
landed six from u previously pro.
duc,ivc hole he knew Of
"NOw Amt tina, luck for you
lac grinn"d ! never did ask
him If he mean, III. weather.
the mosquitoes. or the fishing.
still maintain the Fish and
Game Department owes me
twenty bucks: ten dollars refund.
and ten dollars for the blood |
lost. and that's cheap con.
sidrring good Irish blood is
worth S25 90 = pint on the open
market
] might comment that ! hope
this business venture as publish.
ar Of the Reporter is more pro.
duriiv: and less painful than my
first fishing trip in Montana.
However. if there Is any con.
ncriiun between the Fish and
Game Department and the
scenic beauty Of the mountains
and I'm sure there Is - I'm will.
Ing to cancel that twenty dollar
debit and admit that ! have
had more than my monies worth
IN jus, lookin' nj them hills.
Furthermore. We have been on
several enjoyable and productive
fishing trips since that first one,
and ! think tina, I can now prove
10 the Mrs. when She gets here,
that ! can catch them cheaper
than ! can buy them.
Then too. ten dollars for u non
resident fishing license. even II
one doesn't get any fish. Is q
whole lot cheaper than the ma
tive MOntanan who lays down
three dollars for u resident H.
rcnsc and gets picked up with
too many fish. AS q couple