three day journey of a Hudson Bay 
Company trading post, and pointed the 
direction. I had no idea that I was 
so near Hudson Bay, as there were no 
maps or guide posts to mark my 
course. I had steered by the compass, 
the sun and the stars. I cached my 
supplies and made off for the trading 
post. In about three days I found the 
post. There were half a dozen En- 
glishmen and Scotchmen there, and 
plenty of trade goods, including some 
fire water. 
| DO not now remember the names 
of any of the traders except that 
we called them Sandy, Mack, Jock, 
and other nick names. There were 
some Indians camped at the post. I 
spent about ten days visiting with 
‘these white men and Indians, drink- 
ing fire water, and generally enjoying 
‘the company of human beings. I 
bought a few additional supplies and 
went back to camp and remained there 
for the winter. 
It was very cold that winter, and 
‘there was lots of snow, although the 
wind blew the snow off the sides of 
| the hills in such a way that my ani- 
mals found plenty of grass, and at 
night they generally came back to 
the shelter I had built, where there 
was water, Once a herd of buffalo 
came into my valley, below me, after 
-a storm. It seemed there were thou- 
sands of them. In the morning I shot 
a black one, and the rest of them 
moved out. I took many marten and 
one silver fox, a black wolf, a buffalo 
that had fur like a beaver, and I 
caught a number of beaver, some 
wolves and a good many fox. 
When the spring came I was pretty 
well loaded with furs. I enjoyed the 
winter. I had made a pool below the 
spring inside of my shack, big enough 
to take a bath in. Whenever I wanted 
one I used to heat some rocks in the 
fire place and then roll them down 
into the pool, which would warm the 
water enough to get a good comfort- 
able bath. 



HAD plenty to eat. Flapjacks and 
syrup, with broiled venison and 
coffee, make a meal that would make 
a hungry man turn green with envy. 
I had many such meals. I broke camp 
early in April of ’73, got my duffle 
together. My horses and pack mules 
had wintered in good condition, and 
we started our homeward journey to- 
ward the southwest. 
At the end of about three months 
I came to territory that I recognized. 
I finally landed at Pondieu Mission, in 
Montana, where I found a fur buyer 
from St. Louis, Missouri, to whom I 
Sold my catch of furs. I do not re- 
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A Two-hour Catch on a Shimmy Wiggler! 
“Enclosed find picture of a two-hour catch of fresh water bass caught here by F. T. Bennett, W. Hobbs 
and myself on a Shimmy Wiggler. ; 
“Had even greater luck next day but failed to get photo of same. 
“Bream and other fish strike it equally as well as bass.”” 
Yours very truly, ; 
R. L. Jamison, St. Andrews, Fla. 
The remarkable success over the past nine years of the 
AL. FOSS PORK RIND MINNOWS 
has brought forth a host of imitations. Anglers who would like 
to know what real success in fishing is, are cautioned to accept 
no substitutes or ‘‘bootleg’’ lures. Realize that an imitation 
of a successful lure is not the result of years of painstaking 
effort to produce a jure that will catch fish but an attempt to 
evade patent protection and produce a close enough imitation 
to a successful lure to catch anglers! 
The essential features that make Al. Foss lures fish-getters 
are guarded by patents. Imitations cannot duplicate the action 
which makes Foss lures successful. Be sure the name ‘‘Al 
Foss’”’ is on every box and pork rind bottle you buy. 


SHIMMY 
WIGGLER 
Vy or 54 02., $1.00 

‘Never a back-lash—every cast 
perfect—simply uncanny!”’ 
JAZZ 
So says an angler who used one of these reels 4, WIGGLER. 
on a two-weeks’ fishing trip. % or 5% o2., 50c 
This snarl-proof casting reel is to all appearances, and 
in actual fact, equal in design, materials and workmanship 
to any other high-grade reel made. The only difference is 
a simple centrifugal device revolving within the reel arbor 
—a little policeman who raises his hand at the proper 
moment and stops a snarl from stepping in. : 
Make this test at your dealer’s: — Have him rig up this 
reel with line and if there is not room for you to actually 
cast, just hold the reel in one hand with thumb off of line, and 
with the other give the end of line a hard jerk. You will see that 
while the line will unwind and apparently snarl, it can be readily 
stripped off, rewound and ready for another demonstration. Then 
try this with any other reel and_see what happens. ‘ ; 1, or 54 02. 
Like all other reels, the Al Foss Easy Control Bait-Casting $1.00. All Red. 
Reel will “back-lash” under careless handling. But the line will ‘All White. ae 
not become snarled, it will readily strip from the spool for re- Red and White 
winding and continued casting. ; E 
Specifications:—The No. 3-25 is nickel silver, satin finish, with 
jeweled end thrust bearings. Capacity 50 yds.—14 Ib. test line. 
Double balanced handle; pyralin grips. Quadruple multiplier 
with click. Screw off oil caps. Spiral gears. Pivot bearings of 
high grade non-wearing bronze. All steel parts of best tool steel 
drill rod. Spool shaft of hardened tool steel. Has metal arbor 
7%" diameter, making it unnecessary to build up the spool with 
a lot of dead line. End plate diameter 2”. Length of spool 15”. 
Weight 8 oz. Leather case. ‘ 
If dealer will not supply you, send $25.00, and try reel 30 days. Then, if 
you want to worry along with your other reels, send it back, and money will 
AL FOSS 



ORIENTAL 
WIGGLER 

Originator, Patentee and Manufacturer of the Pork Rind Minnow. aig et ated 
ReSOeS Olas Roadie: «lide aa Cleveland, Ohio Bit juss 

ry In writing to advertisers mention Forest and Stream, It will identify you. 421 
