. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. 10 the other fellows while we sat around a blazing fire of spruce boughs during the cool evenings. Our camp was on i rv o many littli streams flowing into the Bear rj er, n« Steambo I Springs, and the trout were very plentiful. i had strolled up the creek much further than usua l and had gol to a Kttle canyon Lhat i had ei hi ira" oi before, where the i is were so small and clear thai the fish could be plainly seen In great numbers darting to and fro, but not when they saw you, Cor then thea \ ould lie perfectly quiet, close to th< bottoi id blending w
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. 10 the other fellows while we sat around a blazing fire of spruce boughs during the cool evenings. Our camp was on i rv o many littli streams flowing into the Bear rj er, n« Steambo I Springs, and the trout were very plentiful. i had strolled up the creek much further than usua l and had gol to a Kttle canyon Lhat i had ei hi ira" oi before, where the i is were so small and clear thai the fish could be plainly seen In great numbers darting to and fro, but not when they saw you, Cor then thea \ ould lie perfectly quiet, close to th< bottoi id blending with the sand and rocks so ' I could hardly be distinguished. Having a ol string â "â i < i 1 thought l would \ e run with the fish, so, catching :i nice grass- and tleing ii to the end of the line with a 'un- knots, ami cutting a branch, I went up behind a rock and threw the hopper into a pool in which there were several trout. Then they all made a move for it, the largest caught it and made off, trying to swallow it. but I gave a quick jerk and succeeded in jerking him out of the water onto the bank and caught him before he flopped back. Cutting a V- shaped branch I strung him on it and then went back to try again, but only succeeded in scaring the rest, as my bait was-torn and not much more than a knot. So, catching another hopper, I tried the next pool and after several attempts jerked another nice fish out. It was only when the fish wTas headed from me and the bait would catch in the corner of the fish's mouth that they could be jerked out, half the time they be- ing merely jerked above the water, but by keeping at it I got my branch full and then went back to camp to show my first string of trout and to try to explain tow it happened, but the fellows declared that I de- served the medal for fish stories. After that there were none mere enthusiastic for fishing and fish sto- ries than ; Verdi Hatchery Abandoned. The State of California will hatch no m
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