very small portion flowing in the bed 
of the stream at that point. A little in- 
vestigation convinced me that there 
was little prospect for trout-fishing 
with that stage of water. 










































S O I decided to catch a mess of white 
fish, which are quite plentiful in 
that stream. This fish is as free of un- 
attached bones as the trout, and, living 
in the cold mountain streams, is a splen- 
did table fish. One peculiarity is in the 
shape of the mouth, which is like that 
of a sucker’s, only much smaller, and 
located so it points almost straight for- 
ward near the end of the nose. A two- 
pound fish has a mouth so small that 
one can scarcely introduce the tip of the 
little finger into it. Although they will 
occasionally manage to get hold of a 
fly, a baited hook is about the only way 
to take them. Their mouth is so small 
their dainty way of feeding at certain 
seasons makes it something of a trick 
to catch them. The best way to pro- 
ceed is to place yourself so as to be 
able to see the fish as it rises to the 
bait. They apparently take it between 
their lips and hold it there until they 
investigate its quality. As they take 
the bait they turn and start down 
stream. If one can see when they 
start to turn, a slight twitch will set 
the hook before they can spit it out, 
as they will do if allowed to carry it 
more than a very short distance. 
Having had no success in hooking any 
I had changed to smaller hooks and less 
bait. I had put on the very smallest 
hook in my kit and had for bait a por- 
tion of a grasshopper about one-eighth 
of an inch both ways. 
Whaat not a fish in my basket I 
had given up hope for that day 
when I came to one of those perfect 
pools a fisherman would pick out 
for a fight with a big fellow. The 
water rushed down into a long broad 
pool without the sign of a rock or 
brush to interfere, a gently sloping 
gravelly shore, the current flowing 
down on the opposite side and coming 
back in an eddy. With no expectation 
of results I tossed the tiny hook with 
its almost invisible bait out into the 
current just to watch it float down and | —— 
to have the pleasure of drawing it out 
through the deep eddy. I think it was 
on the second cast that a suspicion of 
a flash, just as the hook started back 
out of the swift current, startled me 
out of a reverie. A little slack to allow 
the supposed white fish to take the bait 
and make the turn, then a tightening 
on the line followed by a rush awoke 
me to the fact that I had some busi- 
ness on hand. 
The fish was now at the upper end 
of the pool and headed for the swift 
current. That tiny hook could not hold 
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