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Haying a good trolling rod with multiplying 

 reel containing 600 feet of very small but very 

 strong linen line, witb 150 feet paid out, a trusty 

 single gut leader and small liook, and holding 

 our rod firmly, the boat moving moderately along, 

 all in readiness and very eager for a strike, it 

 came all at once, and for do^^airight heaviness 

 and determination on the i)art of the fish not to 

 budge or be moved one inch, it far surpassed all 

 strikes of past exi^erience. The jerking of the 

 arms gave the writer a sensation not unlike that 

 occasioned by the jerking motion of a railway 

 car when the locomotive suddenly starts. 



The trout was surely well hooked, and by him- 

 self, too. The boat was instantly stopped and 

 by trusty David turned broadside on. By this 

 time the fish had sufficiently recovered from his 

 astonishment to take a turn or two, and hea\y 

 turns and ugly twists he did take for a few mo- 

 ments, when he suddenly made for the bottom 

 where he lay, sullen and immovable, but not 

 until he had run off about 200 feet of line, 

 fortunately well out into the lake, where the 

 Guide quickly followed. We were now in first- 

 rate shape, " all quiet on the Cuptomac, " and the 

 trout sure to remain where he Avas for some time. 



