The American angler . that I was going withthem. No cordial or brotherly invita-tion to join them in the trip for bait,but the cold-unfeeling assertion, Youwill go with us, too. Thus appearedthe first dark cloud in the otherwiseclear sky; later on, letters began toarrive from the friends I had expectedto join me, saying they would not beable to come this year, and once moreI took a solemn oath that in the yearsto come the plans for my outingswould include self and self only. We found minnows so scarce that inthe three weeks I put in three-and-a-half days of slavish work seining forbait, and w^
The American angler . that I was going withthem. No cordial or brotherly invita-tion to join them in the trip for bait,but the cold-unfeeling assertion, Youwill go with us, too. Thus appearedthe first dark cloud in the otherwiseclear sky; later on, letters began toarrive from the friends I had expectedto join me, saying they would not beable to come this year, and once moreI took a solemn oath that in the yearsto come the plans for my outingswould include self and self only. We found minnows so scarce that inthe three weeks I put in three-and-a-half days of slavish work seining forbait, and w^as then forced to fish withminnows I had informer years refusedto give a place to in my bucket. Thefirst ten days the fishing was a gradeor two better than indifferent and,our live-box becoming uncomfortablycrowded, we expressed between eightyand ninety bass to distant friends, thisnumber cleaning out the box. Then began the fight in the interestof home and home friends. And, aboutthis time, it came to pass that cold,. The Tippecanoe River—Up Stream From Camp Ewin raw winds came up oiit of the northand northeast, and the fishing immedi-ately fell several points below may be the effect of suchwinds on the fishing in other waters,they most certainly prevent anythinglike a good score on this stream ; a soft,gentle wind from the south or south-west are the trade winds on theTippecanoe. Another condition that made against^ood fishing this season was the grass;it was grass to the rear of you, grass tothe front of you, grass to the right ofyou, grass to the left of you, grass inthe pools, grass in the channel, grasseverywhere, and unless ice gorges areformed this winter, or high water pre-vails next spring to plough up and carry out this pest, it will have takenfull and complete possession of thestream by next season. Apropos tothis grass subject is the following: My brother, F. O., who has beenfishing these waters for the past threeyears, this season, by and with
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