SOME FISH AND SOME FISHING 



"Shorty" caught it with the gaff and cut it 

 with his knife, then cut the line on the rod 

 side of the boat, knotted the two ends, and 

 told me reel in. I reeled in twenty -five feet 

 or so of loose line and found he had cut the 

 fish loose for he had knotted the wrong end 

 and had thrown the fish end overboard. 



I thought much but said nothing! 



I put my rod down with relief mingled 

 with disgust and looked over the side of the 

 boat at the swordfish. He slowly revived a 

 little, struggled, pulled the end of the line 

 free and sank. 



I had been very tired at the end of the 

 first hour but had my second wind and was 

 going strong at the finish. 



I was a pretty stiff fisherman the follow- 

 ing day. All my old hunting and polo 

 breaks and strains were in strong evidence. 

 If there had been a trout stream on the 

 island I would have gone trout fishing. 

 Trout were about my size that day. 



Trying to make the fish take the bait and 



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