LAKE AND STREAM GAME FISHING 



weeds and took the fly just like a trout. I set the 

 hook as firmly as I could and told the doctor to row 

 out into the deep. 



MAKES A THREE FOOT BREAK 



1 The musky leaped out of the water at least three 

 feet and the fight was on. He continued to break 

 water from time to time as I worked him in. To- 

 ward the end, however, his efforts to rise from the 

 water were mighty weak and he hardly raised his 

 nose above the surface. He made two runs for the 

 boat, and orice I felt sure he would right angle my 

 rod, which was a nine and a half footer, and snap it 

 before we could get the boat around. 



" At times I held considerable arch to the rod, 

 but gave him the tip quite a lot and worked the rod 

 with the musky through most of the fight. At no 

 time did I feel that I would lose him, but before the 

 fifty minutes were over I was about as tired as the 

 musky. 



" Early in the fight I felt a little shaky on the line 

 question as I only had on about seventy-five feet, and 

 when he started on his runs I had to put strong pres- 

 sure on the line to get him out of the notion of going 

 too far. My right thumb soon rubbed to the quick 

 and I finished the fight with my left hand, in fact, it 

 was necessary from time to time to change the rod, 

 as my arm became tired. 



" Musky fishing with a six-ounce fly rod may not 



