BROOK TROUT 



heaval of rocks and stones, piled up fifteen to twenty- 

 feet high, and the entire character of the stream was 

 changed. I fear that many a lusty trout met his death 

 in that same " fresh," for I know the fishing was very 

 poor all that spring and summer. 



^he Izaak Walton of the Beaverkill. 



All those old-timers who fished that part of the 

 stream about Shin Creek knew Mr. Theodore In- 

 galsbe — " Uncle Thee " we called him. It was my 

 good fortune to fish many days with Uncle Thee, and 

 my mind teems with a thousand reminiscences of fish- 

 ing-trips with him, up and down the stream. Uncle 

 Thee was the acknowledged crack fly-fisherman of the 

 Beaverkill. He always caught fish ; he used a ten-foot 

 rod, and, as a rule, put out from forty to sixty feet of 

 line. He was by far the longest fly-caster I have known 

 on the Beaverkill, and the dexterity with which he 

 kept that long line from " getting up trees " was a 

 sight worth seeing. I shall have more to say of 

 Uncle Thee later on. 



Varieties of Trout in the Beaverkill. 



The New York Fish Commissioners have from 

 time to time put a variety of foreign trout in the 

 stream ; just why I cannot explain, as the native 

 trout is far superior to all others in every respect. 

 This was well illustrated by a fish commissioner of a 

 neighboring State, who remarked that " one might 

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