Trout-Fishing East versus West 



fisherman enjoys a good sweetbriar pipe while fishing, 

 to inflict him with a fly-net is like making him play the 

 part of a wooden Indian in front of a tobacco shop. 

 Consequently a small bottle of fly-dope to rub around the 

 face and ears is less uncomfortable than a fly-net. A 

 pair of cotton gloves with the fingers cut off will stand 

 about one day's wear and tear, while a little dope on the 

 back of the hands will usually keep off the pests, besides 

 being less annoying than the gloves. 



To return to the night that we camped above Big 

 Pessquess Falls: As it was to be our first and only night 

 out on this trip, I watched with more than usual interest 

 Tom's preparations. Now, as the last fishing trip I 

 had taken had been with one " pardner," two saddle- 

 horses and a pack-horse in far-away Utah, I found myself 

 continually comparing the Eastern with the Western 

 methods of preparing for the night. If it had been 

 in the West, the first thing that would have influenced 

 our selection of a camping-site would have been feed 

 for the horses. As trout cannot live in any but sweet 

 water, it goes without saying that good water would 

 have to be available just as in the East. In the West we 

 would have unpacked as near a wood supply as possible, 

 unsaddled, and hobbled the horses. After building a 

 fire we would have mixed a little baking-powder bread 

 right in the top of the flour-sack, and baked it in salt- 

 pork fat in the frying-pan. This bread, accompanied 

 by honey, coffee (never tea) with sugar (no milk), and 

 such canned supplies as may have been expedient to 

 carry on our pack-horse, would have completed our 

 meal, providing, of course, we had not killed any fish 

 or game during the day. When it came to sleep, we 

 would stretch a canvas tarpaulin out upon the ground, 

 roll up in our blankets on this " tarp," and pull the end 

 of it up over our feet, and even over our heads if it 



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