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Show Hey, Walt, D ye Think a Trout's a Steer or Something? By W J SLOAN D d vou ever lasso a f shf Of the 30 000 men and boys who Jn n jly pay a J cense to f sh an hunt n (jtah and 95 per cent of them pav lor the r 1 cense before the open ng of the hunt nf, season the fall t a safe to say that not 1 pe cent ever lassoed a fish and less than - f er cent know what the method is In some se t ons of the m Ule west the so th and even the wet I have hea.r 1 this method of catch s f sh re ferred to an moo hmg Th s wor 1. howc er s a misnomer or at least wo Id be f used n the presence of a offi e of the law In the arlan e the word mooch og means to 1 ef, Prom personal observat on th ugh not from a t al exper e co I w 1 sy tl at losso ng a r sh s a lone way from begg ng I use the v,o 1 lasso tor the simple reason that I know of o other worl that so well leser bes th n method of f sh uf, f t n ay be callol f si ng Before des h g he ncthol ct c say that t s lis rW tl a.t h nan who at e pts t tide the learcst ot e es ght a stca y am nd an a t on so k that t vo 1 p t t si a n nan of o bes d an 1 ecl les In a 1 t o h n Ht know p h n s n hal of th f sh t vi vh h b m alo to w rk t, th h i n gl t an 1 t e ond t ons too numerous to ment on n 1 even under the nost fa orable c t m stances he may ret rn as I have ten men return after hours of work w tl out a s ngle fish Tn ten years I ha e beard of but one man who succcede I lasso ng a trout Ho frankly on fessed that thetrout was so w I hat with all h s exper enco he has been jh e to catch but one of the tr be w th a a so Another man told me that he I n 1 ca gbt n anv mullet o sucke s h I arb and even mo nta n herr ng BM Ion t ad se our fr ends to try t n less they are qu ck as a flash of light n ng he sa 1 It s w th somewhat of a fret ng ot resentment aga nst a big tro that lay near the botto n of a n g el I in the Provo r ver several years ago that h s stdry s w ten Tf there were an e that one o another ot t ose f ft e men and boys d d not se to tempt that t o t t was because we 1 d not ba e t Tor nore than a hour that I g fcl o v absolutely of se 1 even to bl nk a eve at s hen he t rnel and went slowly ow stream loav g i to express o or n on of h m e the n s cn c o wo Is that Vi 1 1 not loo we 1 pr nt As T ha e seen f sh laisne e vears u e then T lave shel that I coul 1 ha e 1 a la s R fo ow b t nen vl o I a e I the gam mo e tha ne te rk e that e cn h 1 I I pen a ejpe t han es vro d h ve 1 abo 1 I at 1 wo n e got h To nsso a f sh o t 1 m st x st To beg n n e wa er m st b ea en g one to se I f s f m no a e e h t tat s a nnfte vnls Whe he f n t I 0 ea h n a h a h I g of a sk mo e s n f n hp a w en w h on t o I w r q e e a tea e a a 1 .h g k en e o e The e o st o f o 1 n ten o f f e n fe ong he w h o f ate md h a To t e end fin n so h fpp long h n g t n en 1 rh s eq j e t 1 s e e ex h t, ho b I h t n fr gh w s e II tl s o I e 1 t wa e h e he f sh a I h w y wo e a g the h I p rn t vo to i hen s I o hefsh o H t The gl g r le Hn 1 v. e I J I fa nor e I ll K I e H e n |