he did not forget nor did the habit quit him, for, he 

 has whipped all the fine streams of Colorado, Wyom- 

 ing, Montana and Minnesota. Two trout at a time was a 

 continued occurence, but when he hooked a two pound 

 lake trout in the side while out on a lake in Minnesota, 

 which required two hours drudgery on the part ot 

 himself and boatsman to bring in and discover, he said, 

 he learned a great deal about the weight of fish fooling 

 people at times. 



Howard Brooks a capital newspaper youth who can 

 write fish stories better than he can tell them and who 

 can excel in cooking and eating fish, persists in 

 using a sixty foot hand line in catching Potomac 

 perch. He does not believe in new methods nor 

 artificial bait, but, my son you must not expect every 

 fisherman to take your advice, because there are many 

 of them who would rather give it, and, John C. 

 Walker, said, "yes sir, and they always want to tell 

 you how to catch the fish when you're got him on the 

 hook and the advice scares him off, and for that reason, 

 while I've caught bass, blue fish, cat fish and other 

 species, I don't take much interest in fishing !" 



My friend Albert S. Muhlhausen of the DuPont 

 Powder Company, in Delaware, is a member of the 

 George Washington Bass Fishing Club in Wilmington, 

 and, will not tell his associates any of the hundred of 

 piscatorial anecdotes he has treasured, because as he 

 puts it, "I cannot tell a lie," but he did say : 



"I have six dogs and six cats, 



All I could wish, 

 And every last one of them, 



I've taught how to fish." 



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