September, 1921 
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ly there will be a swirl near a boulder. 
That’s one of the big fellows. The 
next moment you flip in a spinner-and- 
Sally and like a flash a bronze warrior 
is fast. Lord, what a ripping fight! 
Time and again he leaps from the 
water; beats on the leader with his tail 
— and if a trifle slack is had, off he will 
get. And another thing: the setting of 
the hook must be instantaneous with the 
seizing of the fly by the fish. There is 
no fish in the world that can seize and 
spit out a fly so speedily as the small- 
mouth bass. That is the reason why, 
on St. Croix waters there will be but 
probably five bass caught where there 
have been ten strikes; and out of that 
five, by reason of their activity, three 
when played to net, are liable as not to 
get off. I hand it to the St. Croix bass. 
They transcend anything in the line of 
fins that I have ever been up against. 
They provide the ultra-superlative qual- 
ity in bass fishing! 
We obtained good fishing even though 
the St. Croix was many feet over nor- 
mal. That was the estimate given. 
How true it was I do not know, but 
the fact remains that the water was 
high — very high, although when we re- 
turned down the river later on the 
river was sinking fast. In normal years 
when there is no long drawn out flood 
stage the fishing is improved as a di- 
rect result. 
The St. Croix river flows through an 
enchanting region; the St. Croix Valley, 
both on the Minnesota and Wisconsin 
side is one of the most beautiful in 
the north. To visit this river and. not 
look over the surrounding country is 
to miss a sensation indeed. 
Our first camp on the St. Croix was 
in Copp’s Coulee and I will always re- 
serve for it a special place in my mem- 
ory. It is an ideal camping ground 
with a beautiful spring flowing down 
through it; and from it one has access 
to some of the best fishing grounds on 
the lower river. 
Taken all in all it is doubtful if a 
person could ever visit among a more 
likeable people than are found here. It 
is certainly a land of plenty; and the 
hospitality is of a marked degree. Like- 
wise it may be said that one would find 
it hard to discover another region where 
more wild raspberries grow and in sea- 
son redden the wayside bushes and the 
hilltops. Between raspberries, bluebells 
and small-mouth bass this section of 
Wisconsin has sufficient of earth’s 
poetry about it to keep one’s thoughts 
engaged night and day. 
T HERE are not a great number of 
trout streams in the western part 
of Wisconsin; there are but two of 
any significance whatsoever. I refer to 
the Kinnikinnic and the Willow River. 
The Kinnikinnic flows into the St. 
Croix about five miles up from Pres- 
cott. On its lower reaches there is no 
fishing, but if one goes up to Little 
Falls on this stream he will be pro- 
vided with some rather exciting sport. 
Rainbow trout and brown trout in num- 
bers are found in this stream and im- 
mense specimens, some weighing eight 
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