An angler's reminiscences; a record of sport, travel and adventure, with autobiography of the author . llnx. ROBERT B. ROOSKNELT, ANGLER AND THE NEW DISPENSATION OF FISHES. KW visitor was permitted to fish an artificial pond of liver-fed trout, which were inthe habit of rushing en masse after anything thrown in, until they fairly made thewater boil. Of course they were not afraid of man at feeding time, though theywere a little shy on off hours, and of course our ambitious angler took a fine troutat the very first cast, standing in full view upon the bank. H he had had atrot line he c
An angler's reminiscences; a record of sport, travel and adventure, with autobiography of the author . llnx. ROBERT B. ROOSKNELT, ANGLER AND THE NEW DISPENSATION OF FISHES. KW visitor was permitted to fish an artificial pond of liver-fed trout, which were inthe habit of rushing en masse after anything thrown in, until they fairly made thewater boil. Of course they were not afraid of man at feeding time, though theywere a little shy on off hours, and of course our ambitious angler took a fine troutat the very first cast, standing in full view upon the bank. H he had had atrot line he could have taken two dozen on as many hooks. After playing himwell to creel, enjoying the suspense of a well-hooked captive for several minutes,he cast again, expecting a repetition of the same old rush, but nary rush did heperceive. A fingerling or two broke gingerly at his tail fly, but the most persistentpersuasion failed to fasten another trout. Haec fabula docet that dead failures are possible in the best stocked waters,and that the shoemaker is worthy of his last—or words to that effect. HON. ROBERT B. ROOSEVELT IN ANGLING LITERATURE. I
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