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he worked himself in a rage, that ulti¬ 
mately proved his undoing. 
I borrowed a sturgeon from the same 
complaisant fisherman. That armored, 
razor-backed gentleman must have weighed 
ten pounds. I hooked him in his peculiar 
shaped mouth, and flung him out into the 
swift water. It was case of another gen¬ 
tleman that must have lost much sleep in 
the confines of the livebox. He could not 
be made to move. It proved just as amus¬ 
ing as attaching a line to a sunken boulder. 
But among these freak experiences with 
a fly rod, a common, four pound homely- 
looking buffalo fish gave me all the fight I 
wanted. He showed all the gymnastics of 
an army of rainbows, and as much strength 
as any small mouth ever exerted against 
a four and a half ounce rod. The truth 
must come out—I never did land that fish. 
Over in the eastern G'zarks they take the 
big red horse suckers during the spring 
run With casting baits. They get at the 
head of the shoal when they know the 
fish are running, and resort to the many 
hooked wooden minnow. This is weighted 
down with a heavy sinker, then cast far 
out into the river. The bait drags ct the 
bottom, and the fish becomes snagged on 
the barbs. Such a spectacle as an enraged 
ten or fifteen pound red horse makes on 
a light casting rod, when hooked in the 
back, is surely worth witnessing. 
A READER’S COMPLAINT 
Editor Forest and Stream: 
I have a large juicy bone to pick with 
you. All on account of the April issue 
of your magazine. It happened this way: 
As I sat in front of my open fireplace 
dashes of sleet and snow could be heard, 
even though the warm red curtains 
screened the inclement weather from sight. 
My favorite tolling dog, with his honest 
head across my knee, was happily dream¬ 
ing of the winnowing of duck pinions and 
the glorious sport we had shared during 
the season just past. With listless inter¬ 
est I began opening letters and papers. As 
the paper knife slit the cover from Forest 
and Stream there appeared before me an 
apparition upon its cover. There heading 
the wonderful illustrations was a Jock 
Scott salmon fly, which at first glance 
seemed almost to be picked up between 
thumb and forefinger, and cast with deadly 
accuracy! And yes, there the sixth in 
line was my early season favorite, the good 
old Silver Doctor. But what’s the use? 
The whole cover, even down to the small¬ 
est trout fly in the bunch, was a work of 
art so faithfully were they reproduced. At 
once the gun was forgotten and reminis¬ 
cences of past days with rod and line fil¬ 
tered through my mind. The hum of the 
salmon river and babble of thp busy trout 
stream, in fancy I could distinctly hear. 
But a dash of sleet upon the window 
spoiled it all, and casting the hateful mag¬ 
azine from me I became terribly blue, real¬ 
izing it must be weeks and weeks before I 
approached my favorite salmon pool with 
any hope of success! Oh why did you do 
it, Mr. Editor ! Don’t you feel just a little 
hit ashamed of yourself? Even if all the 
other magazine covers for April were “also 
fans” I can not find sufficient excuse for 
your thoughtlessness. 
H. A. P. Smith, Nova Scotia. 
Dept. F, Union Stock Yard* 
Chicago _ 
iRfusitbi 
’Round the Fire 
Back from your hike with rod or &un, 
Morris’ Tested Foods &reet you with 
an appetizing flavor all their own. 
That’s when you are &lad the camp 
supply of Morris’ Supreme Ham and 
Bacon is ample. 
Keep your pack well filled with Morris’ Canned 
Ox Tongue and other Meats—big, variety, easily 
served. Marigold Oleomargarine and “White- 
leaf’’ Brand Lard are all Morris'Tested Foods. 
J. Write for booklet of outdoor recipes. 
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Packers and Proviaioners 
STATEMENT OF THE OWNERSHIP, MAN¬ 
AGEMENT, CIRCULATION, ETC., RE¬ 
QUIRED BY THE ACT OF CON¬ 
GRESS OF AUGUST 24, 1912, 
of Forest and Stream, published monthly, at New 
York, N. Y., for April 1st, 1918. 
State of New York, 
County of New York, 
Before me, a Notary Public, in and for the 
State and county aforesaid, personally appeared 
J. T. Wood, who, having been duly sworn accord¬ 
ing to law, deposes and says that he is the Busi¬ 
ness Manager of the Forest and Stream and that 
the following is, to the best of his knowledge 
and belief, a true statement of the ownership, 
management (and if a daily paper, the circula¬ 
tion), etc., of the aforesaid publication for the 
date shown in the above caption, required by the 
Act of August 24, 1912, embodied in section 443, 
Postal Laws and Regulations, printed on the 
reverse of this form, to wit. 
1. That the names and addresses of the pub¬ 
lisher, editor, managing editor, and business man¬ 
agers are: 
Publisher, Forest and Stream Publishing Co., 
9 East 40th St,, N. Y. City. 
Editor, William Bruette, 9 East 40th St., N. 
Y. City. 
Managing Editor, William Bruette, 9 East 40th 
St., N. Y. City. 
Business Manager, J. T. Wood, 9 East 40th St., 
N. Y. City. 
2. That the owners are: (Give names and ad¬ 
dresses of individual owners, or, if a corpora¬ 
tion, give its name and the names and addresses 
of stockholders owning or holding 1 per cent, or 
more of the total amount of stock.) Forest and 
Stream Publishing Co., 9 East 40th St., N. Y. 
City; William Bruette, 9 East 40th St., N. Y. 
City; C. A. Reed, 9 East 40th St., N. Y. City; 
H. C. Mallory, 9 East 40th St.. N. Y. City; 
Norwood Johnson, Pittsburgh, Pa.; George Bird 
Grinnell, 238 E. 15th St., N. Y. City; Jay Hall, 
Pinehurst, N. C.; Fred M. Stephenson, Menom¬ 
onee, Wise. 
3. That the known bondholders, mortgagees, 
and other security holders owning or holding 
1 per cent, or more of total amount of bonds, 
mortgages, or other securities are: (If there are 
none, so state.) 
None. 
4. That the two paragraphs next above, giving 
the names of the owners, stockholders and se¬ 
curity holders, if any, contain not only the list 
of stockholders and security holders as they ap¬ 
pear upon the books -of the company but also, in 
cases where the stockholder or security holder 
appears upon the books of the company as trustee 
or in any other fiduciary relation, the name of 
the person or corporation for whom such trustee 
is acting, is given; also that the said two para¬ 
graphs contain statements embracing affiant’s full 
knowledge and belief as to the circumstances and 
conditions under which stockholders and security 
holders who do not appear upon the books of the 
company as trustees, hold stock and securities in 
a capacity other than that of a bona fide owner; 
and this affiant has no reason to believe that any 
other person, association, or corporation has any 
interest direct or indirect in the said stock, bonds, 
or other securities than as so stated by him. 
J. T. WOOD, Business Manager. 
Sworn to and subscribed before me this 3d 
day of April, 1918. 
[Seal.] JEANNE VOLLENHOVEN. 
(My commission expires March 30, 1920.) 
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