A Fisherman's Paradise 



VER since beginning to use a 

 fly rod, now about forty years, I 

 have hoped to find some place, 

 not too far away to be available 

 in a reasonably short vacation, 

 where trout were plentiful, large 

 and gamy, where the country 

 was attractive, where natives 

 were absent and fishermen not 

 too frequent, where one could have all necessary 

 comfort and convenience with no attempt at elegance, 

 where guides were good and willing, where camp- 

 ing with its necessary large impedimenta and con- 

 siderable discomfort was not essential, and where all 

 these desiderata could be had without great expendi- 

 ture. As years have been added, and health and 

 strength have diminished, such a haven of rest has 

 seemed more and more desirable and less and less 

 attainable, but at last I have reached my haven, all 

 these blessings and more are mine, and this is written 

 to show others the way to such a paradise as has 

 been finally opened to me. 



Four years ago, while telling my hopes to a 

 friend, he described a fishing and shooting club in 



