Fool Luck, Trout, Bear and Tragedy 



Heaps of thrills in this one by Howard B. Gray, 

 of Cedar Falls, Washington. Our friend, after a 

 long rest from fishing, opened up the season with 

 enough adventure to last for a lifetime, and all in 

 one fishin' day, too. 



Now you urge us all to come in on this, but I have 

 been hanging back on mine because it sounds too far 

 out of the ordinary. However, truth is stranger than 

 fiction, you know, so here it is. 



Did you ever mix fool luck, trout, black bear, and 

 tragedy together on a nice bright August morning and 

 watch the result? Take my advice and don't do it if 

 you are close to the scene of action, for it is too hard 

 on the nerves. It all happened this way: 



After getting my " Full and Complete " from the 

 army in the late spring of 1919, I secured employment 

 with one of the transcontinental railroads, and was 

 located in a little town in the foothills of the Cascades. 

 The rest of the boys in the office were enthusiastic 

 fishermen and their continual chatter revived my in- 

 terest in the game. So a few weeks later my little 

 bamboo pole and the rest of my tackle arrived from 



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