
| over-anxious struck too quick at the 
| rise that followed. 
“Not so fast,” I cautioned. 
HE cast again. Her third attempt 
S was rewarded by a sharp tug on 
her line. Followed a swift rush across 
the pool, a boiling of water, a little 
manipulation and a nine inch trout was 
gasping among the boulders. 
I congratulated wife on the first fish 
and took my little boy, who was with 
us, and made for a riffle that looked 
a likely place to land a big one. Warn- 
ing the boy to be quiet I started whip- 
ping the water with care. No results 
except nibbles from small fry. I aban- 
doned the place and went on up to a 
better hole. 
My first cast was met with a strong 
surge at the line. 
“Here’s where we start,” I thought 
gleefully as the line sang out and the 
water boiled. Madly the hooked trout 
rushed across the pool. I gave him the 
butt of the rod to check him. He 
flashed across the water. Another 
whirl and he tired rapidly. I coaxed 
him close enough to slip the landing 
net under him and felt a thrill to view 
his fourteen inches of gameness. Like 
any other angler my only regret was 
that he didn’t go twenty inches while 
he was about it. 
The first seemed the last I was likely 
to get from that particular hole, for 
although I cast a number of times from 
all angles, I got no more rises. 
RON TINUING upstream I gathered 
in four more fish ranging from 
eight to eleven inches before wife and 
I joined forces again. Comparing 
notes I found she had me beaten for 
numbers, though my largest fish top- 
ped any she had by a couple of inches. 
We cast for another hour and took 
half a dozen more fish before we de- 
cided to return to camp. The sun was 
well up and the trout were not rising 
so readily. Also we were getting 
hungry again and had pleasant visions 
of fish browning in a pan. 
After the evening we _ gathered 
around our improvised table and waded 
in. Trout striped with bacon, baked 
potatoes, hot biscuits and coffee. What 
more could be desired? 
After dinner we loafed for a couple 
of hours, wife tidying things while I 
enjoyed my pipe and gathered fire- 
wood. A little target practice with a 
.22 Winchester furnished diversion. 
Then we took a trail that led around 
an open meadow to a brook which, al- 
though small and bushy, contained 
some attractive looking holes. By dis- 
pensing with the tips of our rods we 
succeeded in landing half a dozen fine 
ones before calling it a day and re- 
turning to the camp. 
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