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RECREATION. 



A GOODLY POOL. 



Brush fishing is not the most at- 

 tractive kind to us, and the Little 

 Eagle was full of brush, logs, snags, 

 and roots, from start to finish. To 

 dangle a baited hook with 18 inches 

 of line from the end of a rod, drop 

 it in among brush, with the chances 

 about even for a small trout or a 

 large snag— and, if a trout, to yank 

 him out without benefit of clergy, has 

 little of real sport in it. We could 

 always get the fish, though, and sim- 

 ply took enough for the frying pan, 

 then stopped. 



On the other hand it was the acme 

 of fishing to wade the beautiful, 

 broad Peshtigo, casting the fly, tak- 

 ing comparatively few trout, to be 

 sure, but what beauties ! Few of 

 them weighed under half a pound, 

 and often we would get a big, lusty 

 chap that would make things hum 

 for a while before coming within 

 reach of landing net. Give me about 

 five good brook trout killed in this 

 way, and my friends may yank a hun- 

 dred from, the brush without a parti- 

 cle of envy on my part. 



I could spin this yarn longer by 

 telling of several excursions to the 

 Big Eagle, two miles from our camp, 

 where we got good-sized trout, and 

 plenty of them, with both bait and 

 fly, and of sundry other interesting 

 and enjoyable short trips with 

 rod and camera; but it is time to 

 ring off. 



We spent ten jolly days at our lit- 

 tle camp, lounging under the tall 

 Norways on the river bank, fishing as 

 the spirit moved us, resting when 

 we felt that way, and chatting with 

 a strange old woodsman who visited 

 our camp several times. 



When the Honorable Kounselor 

 and I go into the woods, the feeling 

 that we are near to Nature's heart is 

 enough, and we are well content to 

 watch and study her children, and 

 listen to the songs of her birds. We 

 always go home refreshed as to body 

 and brain. This trip was no excep- 

 tion to the rule. We have stored 

 away the most pleasing memories of 

 the success of our outing on the 

 Peshtigo. 



