86 The Angler's Secret 



water, and there was an awful time keep- 

 ing me from trying to climb into the little 

 craft and in finally towing me ashore, but 

 Frank never once ceased laughing during 

 all the disturbance. 



White Miller, Scarlet Ibis, Seth Green, 

 Reuben Wood, and several gray, white, 

 brown, yellow, and dark ash - colored 

 patterns were Frank's favorite flies, and 

 sometimes, when the Saginaw was very 

 dark and heavy, I have seen my friend 

 attach to his long leader two small split 

 shot, a foot or so apart, let the two red 

 and white flies sink three or four feet, 

 and then make catches of big fish almost 

 as fast as we could both handle the noble 

 game. 



' ' There is a vast deal in fishing besides catching 

 fish." H. H. THOMPSON. 



