. The Catskill Mountains .. . be had at the smaller houses, unless one prefers tobring a well-fitted tent and plenty of warm clothing andblankets for camping along the streams. Then. too. unless theangler is content to live wholly upon trout, his camp life willimply a hamper of plain, substantial food, although this canusually be obtained at the little mountain stores. Successful trout fishing is the height of the anglersambition. The careless bungler or happy-go-lucky wharf-fisher better stay out of the woods. The trout is keen-wittedand gamey, and can only be captured by preliminary deceptio
. The Catskill Mountains .. . be had at the smaller houses, unless one prefers tobring a well-fitted tent and plenty of warm clothing andblankets for camping along the streams. Then. too. unless theangler is content to live wholly upon trout, his camp life willimply a hamper of plain, substantial food, although this canusually be obtained at the little mountain stores. Successful trout fishing is the height of the anglersambition. The careless bungler or happy-go-lucky wharf-fisher better stay out of the woods. The trout is keen-wittedand gamey, and can only be captured by preliminary deceptionand subsequent combat, with the odds against the finny com-batant. Ifthe boys who have grown up along these streamsoften surprise and disgust the theoretical city fisherman bycatching more trout than he does, with all his complicated out-fit, it is simply because the urchin knows better how to is skill, not luck that counts. The lad is familiar with thehabits of trout, knows where to find them, and how to deceive -^. ON THE KAATERSKILL CREEK. THE CATSKILL MOUNTAINS. 43 them with the least fuss and commotion. He never getsexcited at the supreme moment, and rarely allows thebiggest fish to escape. He will often fmd fish in water whichhas been whipped over for hours and abandoned by the citychap as fmless. Thus it will often be easier and cheaper forthe man of theories and gorgeous apparatus to buy his fish ofthe barefooted mountain lad than to catch them, even thoughhe may have come hundreds of miles to enjoy the sport of land-ing the tlsh bv his own skill and devises. But this fact only
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