BROOK-TROUT FISHING 



disconnect himself from the end of your line. 

 It isn't one rush, but a dozen. He jumps out 

 of the water, ties himself into a double bow- 

 knot, unties himself, executes the grapevine 

 twist, and goes down again. His aerial gyra- 

 tions and subaqueous contortions are a com- 

 bination of the movements of a dodging bat 

 and a bucking broncho. 



Keep a steady pressure on the line and 

 don't give him even a quarter of an inch of 

 slack. Of course, if you are fishing with a 

 rod and reel of approved fashion, you can 

 catch him in regulation style, which is prob- 

 ably a great balm to his feelings. It " grav- 

 els " a true salmo fontinalis to be hoisted out 

 with a cane pole, without a reel, and all on 

 account of a wriggling red fish-worm. To 

 snake them out with a " come-all-ye," not 

 playing them through a succession of mad 

 rushes, but yanking them aloft by main 

 strength, is considered extremely bad form by 

 both the trout and the aesthetic angler. 



The brook-trout's colors are superb when 



he first comes out of the water. A creel 



should be carried, partly filled with wet grass 



or leaves to lay the fish on. When a trout gets 



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