June, 1922 
FOREST AND STREAM 
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depth, chaperoned by deadfalls, with a 
shelving rock where the eddies move 
hardly perceptibly as you ponder on the 
place best to anchor. It has given us 
a fair share of fish and on the last night 
before we broke camp we reserved this 
pool for our most memorable moment. 
It had been a glorious day and lazily in 
the sun we had lunched and pondered 
at the cabin above, while a poet son of 
th%t vast Northland had read to us sub- 
lime efforts of his choosing. Six o’clock 
passed and we did not stir save to take 
a few pictures. Seven drew nigh and 
slowly and with great care we dropped 
down and paused in anticipation as 
leisurely and with care w'e filled our 
pi]ies and smeared ourselves thick and 
heavy with the only fly ointment worthy 
of the name, that known as Nessmuk 
Dope. 
Already the lengthening shadows had 
risen off the water. Already to our left 
two fish had broken water. On the first 
and second cast, or rather on the first 
and after properly resting, the second, 
there were two bulges as the No. 8 Silver 
Grey was sucked under in the hardly 
perceptible current. 
We had been having fair luck on that 
Silver Grey and I tried again. Mean- 
while, through the shadows of the eve- 
ning another of our canoes sped through 
the outer edge of the pool, careful not 
to disturb our fishing. The midgets 
hummed, daunted by tbe pine tar odor ; 
my pipe glistened with the ointment as I 
packed the ashes tighter and drew bliss- 
killy, the smoke hanging listless in the 
night air. Listless for a moment, for 
show me your true fisherman who can 
keep his pipe lighted and ponder on the 
ways of a salmon in a pool. 
In any case, I changed that fly and 
cast again for three drops lay ahead of 
us in the pool, two perhaps, for we had 
already dropped once. I jumped from 
a No. 8 to a 4, to a 6, and back again 
to a 2 and then a tiny Wilkinson 8. I 
even tried the Cascapedia models and 
reverted to a tiny model, seven changes 
in all. From time to time a large fish 
would break from the deep water where 
no anchor rope we had would reach and 
which must be “trout-fished” with the 
greatest care. Contrary as it may seem, 
we had so taken an eighteen-pounder on 
such a night while holding the canoe 
with the paddles in forty feet of w'ater. 
“I think,” said I, “since there are two 
more drops in this pool we will move 
and put a fly over those fish.” And just 
below the deep water another fish rose 
clear to sink back amid the ever-increas- 
ing ripples. 
So we moved over, the anchor banging 
slightly in the stillness, and by this time 
it was about a quarter to eight. We 
anchored or held the canoe rather, and 
I “trout-fished,” that is to say, fished 
after the manner of trout-casting, for 
there was no current and the line would 
immediately sink. The Scot was tolerant, 
but in the growing darkness I could not 
always see to change the flies readily 
and there had been a slight backcast 
which had fouled the line which, as we 
discovered later, was wound once around 
the tip. I was retrieving the line with 
No Wear Out to Them! 
“Well, I am still using that Osprey and from the 
appearance of the line. I’ll never have to get another. 
“What in the — 11 do you make ’em of? No wear out 
to them and no fish can break them. Oh, Eoy — when 
I’m called to that eternal fishing ground, the first thing 
I’ll ask for is the Osprey Line!” 
So says Joe Herman, of Logansport, Indiana, an 
angler who has been teasing the bassy tribe with Osprey 
Lines for more than five years past and started a host 
of friends using them. 
The Osprey Line is made to the specifications of a 
lifelong angler, for the kind of fellows who want a 
real line. The Osprey will stand all kinds of punishment except rough or cracked 
guides. Any line that fails to give 100% satisfaction will be replaced free, unless it 
shows signs of use with imperfect guides, for no line can be made to stand that. 
Make the Osprey Line your fishing pal this year, and, like Joe Herman and an 
army of others, you’ll never be satisfied with any other again. 
12-Ib. test, $1.50 per 50-yd. spool 
15-lb. test, 1.65 per 50-yd. spool 
20-lb. test, 2.50 per 50-yd. spool 
23-lb. test, 2.65 per 50-yd. spool 
26-lb. test, 2.80 per 50-yd. spool 
30-lb. test, 3.15 per 50-yd. spool 
(Can be purchased 100 
The 26- and 30-lb. test are suitable for 
and other large fish. Write for samples 
12-lb. test, $1.10 per 33!d-yd. spool 
15-lb. test, 1.20 per 3354-yd. spool 
20-lb. test, 1.85 per 33!4-yd. spool 
23-lb. test, 1.95 per 33!4-yd. spool 
26-lb. test, 2.05 per 33VS-yd. spool 
30-lb. test, 2.30 per 33'/i-yd. spool 
or 6634 yards connected) 
salt water fishing as well as muscallonge 
and dope sheet. Satisfaction guaranteed. 
Put this Bass- Getting Trio 
to Work for You! 
If you want to know the real joy of landing some real old lunkers to pile on top of the fun of 
just getting out into the outdoors, just add the Dardevle trio to your piscatorial selling force! 
“Osprey Dardevle” is the biggest (not shown here for lack of space) and the first of the trio 
to prove his prowess as a fish getter from ’way back. If you could see the letters that clog up 
my mail from fellows who just bubble 
with joy over what old Dardevle has done, 
you’d never go on another trip without 
him. (Ilis spoon measures 3'A" long, width 
1J4”. weight 1 oz. 85c.) 
“Osprey Dardev/rt’’ is a smaller Dardevle 
/•i-i ^ brought out last year in response 
Uardevle S Imp, youngest of the tribe to the clamor of the boys for a smaller. 
Length 2Vs in., width 3/4 in., weight >/2 oz. 65c >4'hter lure. lie has proved himself 
worthy running mate. 
“Dardevle's Imp" is the young- 
est member of the trio, still 
smaller in size, weighing only 
14 ounce. He’s the cutest little 
piece of angling jewelry you 
ever saw, ami as a lure, he’s a 
knockout 1 
See that the trio, in several 
of their attractive color ectnbi- 
nations help you to a more joy- 
ful trip this year. 
Osprey Brand “Nostealum” Insect Hooks 
Osprey Brand “NOSTEALUM" Insect hooks hold Grasshoppers — Gi 
nows and other natural baits close to the hook. 
Any fish that fools with this Buzz Saw of the Fish Hook family 
will be hung high and dry before he has finished saying “Good 
Morning Breakfast.’’ 
There’s a proper size hook for any bait from a house fly to a 
shiner. Hooks shown in cut are actual sizes. Baits easily attached 
to hook without removing hook from line or squashing the bait. 
Trout Fishermen who use live bait will find this hook just what 
they have been looking for. 
No more re-baiting hooks every time a fish looks cross-eyed at the bait 
Price l.jc. each, per dozen, iiostpaid, any size, assorted, if 
desired. 
Dardevlet, “son of the old boy” 
Length 2 Vs in., width 1 in., weight oz. 8Sc 
If your dealer cannot supply you, sent direct upon receipt of price. 
LOU J. EPPINGER 
310-312 East Congress Street, Dept. O, Detroit, Michigan 
Tn Writing to Advertitert mention Fore»t and Stream, It xeill identify you. 
