May, 1921 
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I concluded that either I had been 
mistaken as to the presence of the fish, 
or that in some way it had become 
frightened and had hidden itself. I 
walked on carefully, until I could look 
over into the pool. And then I saw — a 
brown trout, about fifteen inches long, 
slightly waving to and fro in the cur- 
rent, a few inches above bottom. 
I backed out much more cautiously 
than I had gone in, until I was under 
the shelter of a large tree. I could still 
see the fish, evidently unalarmed. A 
few more casts brought no better results 
than at first. Yet the fish was there. I 
could see it. Then a happy thought 
came. The boy and I had shot several 
red squirrels up in the woods that sea- 
son, and I had utilized the tail of one 
to make up several flies, tied full and 
fluffy. 
I put on one of these, and swung back 
and forth until I judged the fly would 
light about a yard above the fish. It did 
so, and came floating down, dry, over the 
trout and then a little below. A quiver 
passed through the fish, and then, mak- 
ing a half turn, it rose. 
I struck lightly at once, but — reader, 
this is the story of the one I didn’t get. 
I hardly had the bend of the rod on 
before it straightened, and the line came 
back limp. I quickly drew in and exam- 
ined the leader. A tell-tale curl in the 
end showed that I had failed to knot the 
fly to the leader securely enough. I be- 
lieve I never did such a thing before in 
all the years of my fishing experience — 
and I learned a lesson. The attachment 
of the fly to the leader will have to pass 
a board of censors hereafter. 
That was but the beginning of my ca- 
lamities. Inside of five miutes, it began 
to rain, and not ten minutes afterward 
it was driving furiously and I was 
drenched to the skin. 
I took refuge in the nearby doorway of 
a barn and watched it rain. As it 
slackened slightly, I started back for 
camp, about a mile away. When I had 
covered half the distance, the rain came 
down worse than ever; but I didn’t get 
wet, — I couldn’t, I was that already. 
When I got back to camp, it was still 
raining. The boy was inside the tent, 
and dry. After a short council of war, 
we decided to strike camp and go back 
to town, as soon as the weather began to 
clear. We got everything packed and 
carried up to the car, which was parked 
in the field above. Then it cleared off 
perfectly. 
I started upstream, and soon rose, 
killed, and creeled an eight-inch speckle. 
Then luck deserted me. I got other 
rises, but no fish. 
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your reel — a “block” or a “back lash” 
and he’s gone. 
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the Cowasselon. It is a little \y r j te Forest & Stream, Book Department, 9 East 40th Street, New York City 
stream, but typical of conditions 
which I hope may become more and 
more common. One would not expect 
a full creel at any time. I believe Jack’s 
best day with a fly was about twenty- 
five fish of legal size, most of which he 
returned. Think of it! A trout stream 
like that only six miles from a city 
home! 
The curse of the stream is the bait 
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