April, 1921 
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ended with darkness, we had dropped 
the trout lines into a tranquil eddy to 
limber up for the coming sport, and the 
next morning the quest for the speckled 
beauties was on. 
Up stream we began and the Judge, 
as usual, guessed the proper lure — a 
streak of sheen flashed through the air 
and I was just near enough to hear the 
fish quivering in his basket. A long 
stretch of still water caused by a fork 
in the river gave evidence of some big 
ones, and my first cast was to the far 
side in the dark shadows, where some 
debris and foam covered the clear water 
beneath. The number eight coachman 
hit the desired spot and the first thrill 
of the Gualala swept over me. The lit- 
tle rod bowed and about a half pound of 
gamy steelhead trout was flopped to the 
bank. 
Several minutes on this chosen bit of 
water produced as much as we could de- 
vour that night and the Judge’s ef- 
forts more than doubled the number, so 
that Don and Music shared the first 
trout dinner, and in fact the supply of 
trout was so abundant and so easily and 
fervently provided that the food became 
the main entre to the camp bill of fare. 
The days that followed were filled to 
the brim with interesting events; en- 
countering nature in various ways, seek- 
ing the wild life in its haunts and pre- 
serving a part of it for scientific study. 
For several days hermit thrushes had 
charmed the peaceful quiet with their 
lyric notes, and winter wrens and water 
ouzels cheered the depths of the somber 
canyons with their summer songs. 
Robins were feeding their young; crick- 
ets were chirping in harmless monot- 
ony, while the katydids rubbed their 
knees in apparent frenzy. Bats 
squeaked in their aerial manoeuvres as 
they preyed upon the winged insects at- 
tracted by the glare of our fire. The 
fragrant odor of burning wood, blend- 
ing with the perfume of forest and 
plant, was the last of each day’s offer- 
ings to complete our realm of content- 
ment. 
M Y memory of this outing is keen; 
of the hours we spent chatting 
and enjoying that unequalled di- 
version of camp fire life. I remember 
that on the last night we filled the space 
between two logs with springy redwood 
litter, stretched the tarp across it and 
reclining thereon we smoked the aro- 
matic briar and talked of the Judge’s 
greatest catch of the trip. 
He had had a miserable run of luck 
one day and evening had found him des- 
perately whipping the stream. Not a 
rise could he get, until finally fisher- 
man’s luck, or just plain hungry trout 
commenced to favor his efforts with 
obliging regularity. 
“Just one more hole; just this next 
riffle and I’ll quit,” was the reply that 
repeatedly came back to me as I sat on 
a log with rod disjointed ready to re- 
turn to camp. “Swish,” went his last 
oast; something whirred through the air 
and splashed into the water with a mys- 
terious squeak. Then I heard a call for 
help and I lost little time reaching the 
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