. Sport with gun and rod in American woods and waters [microform]. Hunting; Hunting; Fishing; Fishing; Chasse; Chasse; Pêche sportive; Pêche sportive. Sea - Trout Fishing. 533. \ i' wooded with larch, spruce, sycamore, and small shrubs, show less of clay than those lowitr down, and more ol pebbly led^e and short sandy beach- es, so that tishiiiL; afloat isc.\chanj,fed for wailin!^', which insures a lon^i'r, truer cast, and more ease in landin}^^ the fish. The long sum- mer days of a week may be fill(>d with excitement in whipping this range of twenty or thirt\ pools. So satisfactory is
. Sport with gun and rod in American woods and waters [microform]. Hunting; Hunting; Fishing; Fishing; Chasse; Chasse; Pêche sportive; Pêche sportive. Sea - Trout Fishing. 533. \ i' wooded with larch, spruce, sycamore, and small shrubs, show less of clay than those lowitr down, and more ol pebbly led^e and short sandy beach- es, so that tishiiiL; afloat isc.\chanj,fed for wailin!^', which insures a lon^i'r, truer cast, and more ease in landin}^^ the fish. The long sum- mer days of a week may be fill(>d with excitement in whipping this range of twenty or thirt\ pools. So satisfactory is the work, in- decxl, that they are usually gone over several times on successive ilays from a new camp established near half-way down to the great fall, which separates them from the lower range of water accessible from the original camp. This is pitched nc;ar a curve, just below which the river receives two or three cool streamlets into a circular basin, parted from its main course by a little stony tongue, fringed with bushes, and about thirty yards across. This spring pool is a favorite resting-place for trout on the way up, and they have been seen literally paving its sandy floor, though its clearness and e.\posure to the sun render them very shy. iM-om this pool, one hundred and fish were taken by one rod in three days, thirteen of which weighed over three pounds, and the largest five. Sunshine seldom interferes seriously with the sport in this region. Days of sullen, cold rain couk? on, leaving onl\ an hour or two for work outside the tent. Sudden thunder-gusts break owx us while afloat, driving us to the shelter of thick epinett(;s (dry spruces), or even to a pent-house under the canoe, turned bottom up, and propped on sticks. Sometimes a strange cloud of thin mist fills the valley, that seems to tingle with electricity, and is pung(,nt with the smell of ozone. So sensitive the nerves become to that mysteriously 34A I ' .1 \ (I.' I U % % ''i!'f:. Please note that
Size: 1599px × 1562px
Photo credit: © Library Book Collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, booksubjectfishing, booksubjecthunting, bookyear
