JUNE DAYS ON THE UPPER PECOS. 



EDWARD 



The Pecos river, in New Mexico, seems 

 to be almost unknown to American ang- 

 lers. In 1889, Mr. W. W. Strong, of Chi- 



TAYLOR. 



brook trout, and with a fly at that. 

 However, as his ranch was only 30 miles 

 from the old town of Santa Fe, which I 



AMATEUR PHOTO BY h. C. ROBINSON 



WAITING FOR THE TRAIN TO GLORIETA. 



cago, invited me to visit that stream, as 

 he owned a large ranch near Glorieta, a 

 small station on the Santa Fe railroad. 

 Mr. Strong is an ardent trout angler, 

 but I thought he was joking when hs in- 

 vited me to New Mexico to fish for 



longed to visit, I accepted the invitation, 

 saw the quaintest town in America, fished 

 the Pecos river, and had such a delightful 

 time that I have returned to that locality 

 every season since. 



People who know the lower Pecos — that 



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