. Prairie and forest [microform] : a description of the game of North America, with personal adventures in their pursuit. Hunting; Fishing; Chasse; Pêche sportive. 844 PRAIRIE AND FOREST. i i 1 S" 'If .3Ef able to account for. That all the inhabitants of a portion of a stream should desist to feed instantaneously, when a few minutes previously they have been seizing with avidity your flies, is the subject on which I should like to hear the opinion of some competent authority. I remember asking an old hand, whose success in his neighborhood was a household world, and his response was that
. Prairie and forest [microform] : a description of the game of North America, with personal adventures in their pursuit. Hunting; Fishing; Chasse; Pêche sportive. 844 PRAIRIE AND FOREST. i i 1 S" 'If .3Ef able to account for. That all the inhabitants of a portion of a stream should desist to feed instantaneously, when a few minutes previously they have been seizing with avidity your flies, is the subject on which I should like to hear the opinion of some competent authority. I remember asking an old hand, whose success in his neighborhood was a household world, and his response was that a sudden change in the atmosphere caused it. This answer some- what astonished me, nor could I reconcile myself to the idea that fish which, in the majority of instances, lie some distance beneath the surface of the water, should be cogni- zant of an alteration which is imperceptible to us. From continued want of success, I changed my position, and removed to a hole some way farther down. After much difficulty, from the quantity of brush that grew on the margin of the stream, and carrying a rod among such obstacles, I reached the water. The appearance of the pool much pleased me, but it was difficult to fish, from the timber growing so close to the water, and wading being al- most out of the question, from the rough and irregular bot- tom being thickly packed with large boulders. Obliged to make a virtue of necessity, with a short line, and a quick, contracted cast, I commenced operations. My companion informed me that he very much doubted if a line had been wet there that season; from the result, I think his state- ment must have boon correct. Scarcely had my flies touched the water, when two beauties, radiant in their handsome golden hues, simultaneously dashed at the de- ception ; one I hooked firm and strong, and soon brought to net: a dozen times did I go through the same perform- ance, only varied by occasionally hooking a brace at the same cast. I feared, with such ince
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