. The boy anglers; their adventures in the Gulf of Mexico, California, the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, and the lakes and streams of Canada. Fishing; Fishes. 278 THE BOY ANGLERS nobly the great creature tried every maneuver known to the gamy tribe ! That the line was not cut a score of times was something of a miracle, but Tom followed down stream, and finally landed the beauty among the brakes and ferns of the bankâthe "bonniest fish," as the Commodore said, ever taken from these waters, he was sure ! but then the old man thought every fish was the best! Fishing here could not be co
. The boy anglers; their adventures in the Gulf of Mexico, California, the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, and the lakes and streams of Canada. Fishing; Fishes. 278 THE BOY ANGLERS nobly the great creature tried every maneuver known to the gamy tribe ! That the line was not cut a score of times was something of a miracle, but Tom followed down stream, and finally landed the beauty among the brakes and ferns of the bankâthe "bonniest fish," as the Commodore said, ever taken from these waters, he was sure ! but then the old man thought every fish was the best! Fishing here could not be compared to like sport in the East. The moun- tain streams are often difficult to follow, and the fisherman must lower himself from rock to rock; now finding pools six or eight feet deep, and anon walking over rocks that form the stepping-stones of a shallow, and beneath trees and shrubs that made a releaser a necessity. How the trout obtain a footing in some of these high basins was a mystery to the boys. In some streams they are found in pools that are entirely isolated from the stream, so far as fish migration The releaser, for . j j .u 1 1 ..⢠, , IS concerned, and the only explanation cutting branches. ' â ' ^ the Angler gave was that the trout have forced their way up during floods, when a great mass of water was pouring down, forming a continuous stream. "These streams," he said, during one of the evening talks around the camp-fire, for the evenings were still chilly, " are not always the quiet ones they appear, and. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Holder, Charles Frederick, 1851-1915. New York, D. Appleton
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