FOREST AND STREAM. 
[April 15, 1905. 
cold water lay directly beneath me, not more than eight 
or nme feet from , my head. An immense pine had, 
years before, fallen across the stream, obstructing the 
water and causing an overflow, which had, in time, hol- 
lowed out the bed below, forming a pool thirty feet 
wide by sixty feet in length, the deepest part being just 
below the log and growing more shallow toward the 
lower end. At the present low stage the stream found 
its way under the log. Undisturbed, by the overflow the 
pool lay as quiet as a spring under a hill. 
Never was patience more liberally rewarded. So 
gradual had been my movements that not a single in- 
habitant of that pool had noted the change in the 
scenery, I could scarcely believe my eyes. There, al- 
most within reach, lay a hundred trout from four to 
fourteen inches in length. Think of it! — upward of 
twenty pounds of trout, all heads up stream, the largest 
lying in the deepest water, near the log, their mottled 
backs, black heads and protruding lower jaw as plainly 
seen as though not covered with four feet of water. 
Retreating in the same cautious manner to the log, I 
rigged up two joints of the rod with about four feet 
of line and No. 5 trout hook, on which I looped an 
angle worm, secured with some difhculty, then back 
again to the tree, where I found all as before. Very 
slowly I lowered the tip of my short rod until _ the 
bait dangled within an inch of the water, and waited. 
Nothing happened. After a time, by a slight motion 
of the rod, I caused the v,?orm to perform all sorts 
of- antics, ju.st on the surface. Failing to arouse any 
curiosity, I allowed the worm to sink slowly to the 
bottom, landing not an inch from the head of a monster 
trout. Now, a trout has but four senses; they see, 
smell, taste and feel; they do not hear. (Talk as much 
and as loud as you like on a trout stream, but never 
jar the bank.) This trout both saw and smelled the 
worm, but, for various reasons, would not touch it. 
He was hungry, very hungry— and it was aggravating 
in the extreme to have a beautiful red worm, scented 
with the fresh woods earth, placed just within reach. 
Although he showed not the slightest interest, I well 
knew what was going on in his mind._ It would be un- 
troutly to take this unresisting worm in full view of the 
whole family. It was not feeding time. If only the water 
would become roily! or a sudden rain come up! But 
there was no excuse. However, it was not necessary 
for him to submit to further temptation; so he allowed 
himself to drift down stream, backwards,^ until three 
or four feet from the worm. Here he remained, looking 
wise and trying hard to make himself believe he had 
done his duty. The fact was, he had acted wisely, as 
far as he had gone, but he had not gone far enough. 
The current still filled his nostrils with that delicious 
smell. The worm took on a new lease of life which 
intensified the tantalizing odor. I had just time to note 
a sort of kink along the trout's spine, then came the 
flash. He stooped so suddenly that, for a moment, the 
dirt he kicked up completely hid both trout and worm. 
The cloud soon passed, and I beheld the trout still 
swallowing in a satisfied manner. I struck. The whole 
band shot forward and disappeared under the log. 
With much difficulty I landed my fish, killed him and 
repaired to the log to think it over. To my surprise I 
found the day far spent, and started on my return 
journey to camp, through the evening shadows, with 
the feeling that I had outwitted a very wise old trout 
and stolen a peep into his everyday life. 
German Angling Songs.* 
From the London Fishing Gazette. 
Dr. Brehm, the greatly respected president of the Ger- 
man Anglers' Union, sent me recently a copy of a little 
volume of songs for anglers published by the union, 
with this charming letter in English, which I have 
pasted into my copy of the book. R. B. M. 
"R. B. Marston, Esq., London: Dear Sir — We have 
pleasure in presenting you a copy of a little publica- 
tion of ours, titled, 'Anglerlieder,' containing over 150 
songs, grave and gay, in praise of angling. Although 
not all of the songs come up with our Schiller, Goethe 
or Heine, yet there is true poetry in many of them and 
an abundance of jollity in most of them. The book has 
Ijeen favorably commented on by our press, and — what 
means more — has found a large circulation among the 
German anglers, who sing from it in ..the unofficial part 
of their meetings — 'the fidulitas' — and when starting for 
or returning from their fishing expeditions. Supposing 
that our songs may be welcome also to those of our 
English angling friends who are familiar with our 
language, and m.ay afiford them pleasant hours of read- 
ing or singing, we shall be glad if you will have the 
kindness to bring a little note on the 'Anglerlieder' in 
your esteemed journal. 
"The little book is sold at the price of mark 2.40 
(say, 2s. 6d.), cloth bound, post free, by Mjtscher and 
Rostell, Jager Strasse, 6ia, Berlin. We remain, sir, with 
the German anglers' greeting, 'Petri Heil,' yours re- 
spectfully, (Signed) Dr. Brehm, President Deutscher 
Angler Bund." 
"Berlin, Jan. 27, 1905.". 
I have much pleasure in making this extremely in- 
teresting volume known to our readers, and can warmly 
commend it to all anglers who can read German,_ as 
well as to all German anglers in England and America. 
These German anglers are a jolly lot. "Wer liebt die 
schonste Deutsche Maid" is the burden of many of 
these songs, and, of course, the answer is "Der junge 
Anglersmann." 
"Seh ich ein hiibsches Magdelein, 
Regt sich das Blut in mir, 
Ich habe einen Angelschein 
Und darf auch angeln hier." 
Which verse from "My Favorite Sport" may be freely 
translated: 
"// / should meet q> pretty maid 
Why should I act the hermit? 
Need I of fishing be afraid 
When, I've a fishing permit!" 
And so, like Piscator and Viator and Corydon, these 
♦"Anglerlieder. Ein Liederbuch ftir Deutsche Angler und 
Anglerinnen." "Angling Songs: A Song-book for German 
Anglers and Angleresses," 
jolly German anglers go singing through the meads, 
and the "angleresses,'"- too, for some of the lady mem- 
bers of the union contribute verses in praise of the 
sport. Frau Anni Killian, of Konigsberg, won a prize 
offered by the society for angling verse with her "Das 
Angeln ist Philosophic" — "Angling is Philosophy," 
Good! Another sings of how she guessed her lover 
was an angler by the way he wooed her. 
"She could 'tell it from his eye,' 
And the way fie 'cast his Hy.' " 
But lest it should be supposed that these angling 
songs are all of an amatory character, which is not 
quite the case, I have attempted to give a translation — 
a very free one — of a poem, entitled, "A Contribution 
to the History of the Art of AngHng." I got to the 
twelfth stanza before I discovered that this German 
angler-poet sings — 
"Wir lieben England sonst nieht sehr." 
(England we love not over much.) 
But this jeu d'esprit was written in 1901, when the 
minds of good German anglers had been poisoned by 
the fabrications of the gutter press as to our treatment 
of the Boers, and especially of the supposed cruelty of 
our soldiers to Boer women and children. The official 
German history of that war has, let us hope, efifectually 
cleared us of such baseless accusations in the eyes of 
all Germans whose opinion we need care for.^ If 
"H. B. M." in a future edition of these "Songs" will 
modify his version, I will gladly alter my translation, 
if such it may be called. I asked "Dragnet," who is 
a musician, if it would go to music; he said "Beautifully 
—to the tune of 'The Cork Leg'!" I hope he is not 
pulling my leg, but I "hae ma doots," for I never heard 
that song. If it limps, no wonder. R. B. Marston. 
ZUR HISTORIA VON DER ANGELKUNST. 
Contribution to the History of the Art of Anglinq. 
Melodic: Als Noah aus deni Kasten war. 
To the tune of "The Cork Leg." 
Translated from the German of "H, B. M." by R. B. M. 
I. 
Als Noah in der Arche war, 
Da fiihlt er eines Tages klar: 
"Die Fleischkost bringt Dich nachstens um, 
Ein Fischgericht war garnicht dumm, 
Doch ach, wie fangst du Fische ein— 
Das diirfte halt so leicht nicht sein!" ; 
When Noah was sitting in the Ark 
He said one day, "My tvords npw mark, 
This meaty diet makes me wish. 
That I could taste a bit of fish. 
But how to catch 'em, there's the rub — 
We've got no gentles in this tub." 
Chorus : 
From north to south and from east to west, 
Oh, the angler's sport is still the best! 
2. 
Drauf dachte angestrengt er nach, 
Bis dass der Herrgott zu ihm sprach: 
"Nimm dort die Strange, alter Mann, 
Und binde eine Strippe dran, 
Auch einen krummen Haken noch, 
Und — Regenwurmer hast du doch!" 
Now Noah, he bothered his old head 
So much, the Lord unto him said: 
"Take up that pole, you hungry man. 
And Hx a line to't if you can. 
Of worms, of course, you brought a pair, 
A Jwok tie on, and there you are." 
Chorus. 
3- 
Der Noah stippte gleich voll'lust 
Und ward sich schmunzelnd bald bewusst : 
"Das ist ein Sport, der mir gefallt, 
Der passt wahrhaftig in die Welt!" 
Er angelte bis an sein Grab 
Und schrammte hoch-befriedigt ab. 
Into tfie Flood Noah dropped his bait. 
And soon caught fish at such a rate. 
Cried he: "This angling is divine! 
No more for fishes need we pine." 
And so he angled with coritent 
Until his days on earth were spent. 
Chorus. 
4- 
Als nachster Fischer wohlbekannt 
Sei Petrus riihmend nun genannt, 
Doch ist von ihm es nicht ganz klar, 
Ob er ein Reiner Sportsmann war, 
Dieweil er lieber Seelen fing, 
Statt dass er auf Forellen ging. 
The next great Fisher known to fame 
Had "Simon Peter" for his name. 
But of the ways of sportsmen true 
'Twas mighty little that he knew; 
For he would rather souls pull out 
When he should have been landing Rainbow trout. 
Chorus. 
5. 
Auf Pfahlen baute sich im See 
Der Kelt'sche Urmensch sein Palais, 
Und tief in Schlamm dort dann und wann 
Trifft man noch Bronce-spinner an, 
Auch Haken grob aus Horn und Stein — 
Das muss ein Sport gewesen sein ! 
On piles in lakes the Original Celt 
Sat, and angled for salmon and smelt. 
And from deep in the mud we now and then 
Fish out his ancient tackle again, ; • ~ 
Anglerinnen," our German friends call them. 
' This writer and all other German anglers freely acknowledge 
how much they owe to English angler writers from Walton on- 
ward. It would be a good thing for England and Germany if 
the anglers of both countries did all they could to help create % 
better feeling between the two patioos, — R. B. M. 
Bronze "Cholmondeley"'^ spinner and "PenneW' 
hook, 
Don't zve know 'em again from the "Modern" boc 
(From horn and stone his hooks he made, J 
And there were no ivater bailiffs to make hi 
afraid). 1 
Chorus. j 
6. I 
Aus spat'rer Zeit man nennen mwss 
Den Romer Herrn Ansonius, 
Der einst in der "Mosella" sang : 
Von manches guten Fisches Fang; 
Doch war er wen'ger Anglersmann, ' 
' Es kam ihm mehr aufs Essen an. i 
In later times now let us linger 
And listen to that Roman singer ] 
Ansonius, ivhose tuneful lays, ? 
Crowned salmon, of Moselle, with bays; 
'Tis true he much preferred to bite 'em. 
Than with his Hardy Rod to fight 'em. 
Chorus. 
7. 
Im Mittelalter fischten gern 
Des Klosters wohlbeliebte Herrn; 
Sie banden Fliegen schon geschickt, 
Und mancher Wurf ist da gegliickt, 
Auch brachten sie in Fluss und See 1 
Die Fischbrut kiinstlich in die Hoh ! 
Monks in the Middle Ages fine ; 
Greii} fat, loved fishing, and good wine. 
Invented Hies, and, chucked 'em, when right, 
Much further,^ even, than John Enright.^ 
They also stocked the lakes and streams '\ 
With artificial Trouts and Breams. ■! 
Oiorus. t 
■ 8. - ) 
Doch fehlte noch der echte Sport ' 
Bis ihn mit meisterhaftem Wort ' 
Ein Angelsachse dargestellt, 
Noch jetzt beriihmt in aller Welt — 
Dem Vater Walton drum ein Hoch! i 
Was er gesagt, gilt heute noch! 
Though men caught fish, by crook or hook. 
They sadly needed a good book. 
To teach the art with rod and line 
To fish "far off," and to "fish fine." 
Then Isaak Walton's "Angler" came 
And won for him eternal fame. 
- ■ ■ Chorus. 
. 9- 
Herr Nelson — Ach, dass Gott erbarm! 
Verlor ein Auge und 'nen Arm. 
Doch iibte er die linke Hand 
Bis er im Wurf sie sicher fand, 
Und fing alsdann mit Hochgenuss 
Noch manchen Salmo salmulus! 
Lord Nelson, fighting for his Land, \ 
Lost eye and arm, and his right hand. 
But though of members thus bereft. 
He learned to fiy-fish with his left. 
For he loved catching Trotit and Tench," 
As much as fighting with the French. 
Chorus. 
10. 
Herr Davy, welcher, wie bekannt, 
Zuerst das Bogenlicht erfand. 
Stand gern am Bach als Angler da, 
Und schrieb uns die "Salmonia," 
"Und Horrocks,'' wie Ihr alle wisst, 
Der beste Fliegenfischer ist. 
Sir Humphrey Davy, whose famed lamp 
Saves miners from th' effects of "damp," 
Loved by the river's bank to stray. 
And catch, or write, " S almon-i-a." 
(You'll see that it my rhyme will mar 
If I call his book "Salmonia-r.") 
Chorus. \ 
II. 
Wir lieben England sonst nicht sehr, 
Doch diesen Mannern Ruh und Ehr! 
Die weil von ihnen jedermann 
Noch heutzutage lernen kann, ■ 
Und weil der hoh're Angelsport - ; 
Sein bestes Vorbild findet dort. ' 
Although he does not "love" us "much" 1 
Says this chdeky German, in double Dutch, 
He's obliged to admit, like an honest man. 
That with us the "love" of the sport began. 
Though you search the zvorld from east to wes\ 
He admits our anglers "are the best." 
Chorus. 
Of verses still there are some more, •; 
But I fear this "German" a bit of a "Boer." 
(He tells how anglers on every hand ^ 
Are spreading all over the Vaterland.) 1 
Well, if we don't "much" love, we don't m- 
hate 'em, 
So I need not bother to translate 'em. , 
Chorus : 
From north to south and from east to west. 
Oh, the angler's sport is still the best! 
R. B. Marsto: 
^Pronounced ■'Chumley." - 
*See "The Modern Practical Angler." 
^The champion fly-caster of modern times. — R. B. M. i 
^Nelson was not only a fly-fisher, as his letter clearly pro 
R. B. M. 
''Horrocks was an Englisli angler who settled at Weimar, ; 
translated Ronald's "Fly Fisher's Entomology." 
t 
Haitiaa Fishiog Rights* 
The Government has granted to four of its citizens a fish 
concession in the waters to the west and south of the Repi 
for nine years, renewable at the end of this period. It c( 
all classes of fishmg— coral, sponge, pearl, oyster, and ti 
Heretofore the industry was free to all, but those princi 
engaged in it were Greek. Under the concession, these pe 
as' well as others, will be prohibited from fishing in these w 
unless they rent the privilege from the concessionaires,— A\ 
Powell, Minister, Port au Prince, Haiti. 
