60 THe Determined Angler 



A half dozen trout, weighing from one to two pounds 

 and a half, may always be seen about the huge rock 

 at the point where the lower Brodhead and the Spruce 

 Cabin Run come together, and hundreds may be seen 

 in the stream below the Buckhill Falls. I do not know 

 that fish may be actually seen in any other parts of 

 the waters of Canadensis, but at these points the 

 water is calm and the bottom smooth, and the speci- 

 mens are plainly in view. 



Do not waste time on the " flock" lying about the 

 big rock at Brodhead Point. The trout there will 

 deceive you. I played with them a half day, and 

 before I began work on them I felt certain I would 

 have them in my creel in a half-hour's time. They are 

 a pack of pampered idlers who do not have to move a 

 fin to feed. All the trout food comes rushing down 

 both streams from behind these big rocks into the 

 silent water and floats right up to the very noses of 

 these gentlemen of leisure. If you have any practicing 

 to do with the rod and fly do it here. These trout are 

 very obliging; they will lie there all day and enjoy 

 your casting all sorts of things at them. This is a good 

 place to prove to yourself whether you are a patient 

 fisherman or not. 



And now a few words about the proper tackle for 

 mountain streams. Most anglers use rods that are 

 too heavy and too long. During my first visit I used 

 a rod of eight feet, four ounces, and I soon found that, 

 while it was a nice weight, it was too long for real 

 convenience, although there were rods used there 

 nine and ten feet long. My rod was the lightest and 

 one of the shortest ever seen in the valley. There are 

 only a few open spots where long casts are necessary, 

 and a long, ordinary-weight trout rod is of very little 



