August, 1919 
FOREST AND S T R E A M 
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expected him to turn up-stream, I decided 
1 had better reel him ■ in and get the 
net under him. It was easier said than 
done. He was a good, strong fish and 
seemed bound to get under that jam 
pile. After quite a fight I succeeded 
in netting him and found I had foul- 
hooked the fish in the tail about half 
an inch from the tail fin which ac- 
counted for. his strange behavior. I got 
three more around the jam pile and 
one a little further up-stream, all nice 
fish, the first one being just over three 
pounds. Friend C got five nice ones 
down at the falls. When we got back 
to camp, Dick was there with a horri- 
ble fish story. He had gone east to 
the White River half a mile and there 
he had been set upon by trout seven 
and eight pounds, so he said. From 
his story we judged he had pulled them 
out one after the other and seen them 
slide and flop back into the river again. 
After he had kicked them, laid down 
on them and done everything but land 
them, he lost all his hooks, broke his 
line and had to come home. He did 
bring home one beauty over five pounds 
which was the first one he caught. We 
came to the conclusion that he must have 
caught the smallest one in the pool, so 
after a good deal of guying, we decided 
to try it out early next morning, as it 
was our last half day; the train was 
scheduled to leave the station at noon 
for the retura trip. 
Jack the Ranger stayed all night, so 
as to see the fun next morning and 
bright and early we were at it, getting 
to the White River about eight o’clock. 
Friend C and I each had a fish on the 
very first cast and after the usual strug- 
gle landed them. Then we went at it. 
We got nine before the sun got around 
over the tree tops and put a stop to our 
fun, for as soon as the sun hit these 
two pools the fish stopped for the day. 
After ten minutes trying we decided we 
had all we were going to get, besides it 
was time we were leaving for the station. 
Breaking camp was a sorrov/ful job. 
Everyone wanted to stay but it could 
not be done. The fish were cleaned 
and packed in moss, and I, of course, 
had to try and shave off three or four 
days’ growth with a dull razor. Between 
the flies and my tearing it out by the 
roots I had a fine time for half an hour. 
The train now appeared in the distance 
and the bustle of getting together bags, 
rods, baskets and fish happened all over 
again. Presently we were on our way 
home again, happy and satisfied. As we 
thundered over the bridge at the three 
streams we looked out and gave them a 
last goodbye. 
Perfect weather fine sport, and good 
companions; what more could one want? 
A WYOMING 
SHEEP HUNT 
(CONTINUED FROM PAGE 420) 
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