| Show Timber I By WINTHROP P CADY CADY- CADY 1 Want Wanted ci A fish and game gome columnist col columnist Qualifications include only the ability to write a column of two 8 a week on some phase of fishing or ot hunting in such a manner that thai those who read it will wili be led to tc believe the columnist has at least some small knowledge anent the i subject Also and Also and heres here's where the difficulty arises the arises the columnist L should be able to follow successfully successful successful- ly y his own advice Applicants should contact John Johr 1 Mooney Telegram sports editor who now has this writers writer's resignation tion Here is a word of advice I for applicants based on experience You should be prepared to give Mr Mooney who does not fish a fish or two now and then and above I all nil you should have enough acting I ability to look amazed but credulous lous bus when John tells his favorite favoriti S fish story the story the one about the bass has 5 jumping right over over- the boat aw and passing but an inch o or or so awa away fro from his nose Mr Mooney automat automatically auto auto- mat cally likes anyone who professes professes professes pro pro- to believe that tale This Tills writers writer's resignation came as a direct result of or his last column Having named the Provo as a good stream to fish and written at great length on what part of the Provo the big ones were and how to get them the next step was obvious take obvious take advantage advantage ad ad- vantage of that good C 1 information information Information mation and go hook into a few of them Besides I thought that will vili give me something to write about this week detailing the terrific struggle I had with the big one before I finally brought him him to dr drydock dock So with Mr and d Mrs Paul Staples and Bob aU all of whom were gullible enough to believe be be- lieve hove a fishing columnist should know something about fishing I headed for the lower Provo one night after work With high spirits we donned boots loaded ourselves with enough equipment nt to catch sufficient fish to feed an army and took to the stream a it little below Vivian park L good Paul commented glancing at the sky and up and nd down the stream I r really be be- lieve well we'll get fish some tonight With no no delay l Mrs irs r l. l Staples caught a fat little German brown about 11 inches long Doggone it Paul muttered to himself she always gets more than I I do But in less two minutes Paul had hadl landed landed land land- nil nil- ed a nice little brown about the same size Within 20 minutes Mrs Staples had another brown a little larger than her first one and landed one about the same size Meanwhile r I whipped the stream i like mad changed flies so fast even Grover Austad would be envious and didn't even get a raise An hour later about the time I Iwas Iwas was beginning to know just how the frustrated golfer feels when he breaks his clubs over his knee one by one and scatters the pieces as far tar as he can hurl them another angler came down the stream the tail tall of a two-pound two German brown hanging out of his basket Caught him on a flatfish he replied in answer to my question Forthwith I began flailing the stream with a flatfish but when that proved as equally unproductive I began amusing myself trying to learn to cast left left handed handed It was while I was climbing a small smaIl tree along the bank to get get the flatfish back bach I do know enough h to realize there are but buta a very few fish to be caught in trees but those things do happen happen hap hap- pen that two small boys trudged along the bank one carrying carryIng carrying car car- a fish so long the tail dragged Pride showing all allover over his sunburned sunburned sun sun- burned face he stopped while I exclaimed over his catch How now many have you caught he inquired in inquired in- in and showed amazement when I reluctantly admitted m my creel was empty Well I said in in self defense Ive tried a half dozen or more patterns of flies fishing them both wet and dry Ive I've used a small spinner r and a flatfish but the answer r still is NO when It comes it-comes comes to strikes Funny thing is Mr and Mrs Mis St Staples ples taught caught theirs theirs' on dry files flies n landed one with a wet fly and not long ago another fisherman got one on a flatfish What did you use Aw replied the second little fellow with tall all all the assurance of ofa a a year old it It doesn't matter much what you use You just have to know pow how to hook them Yesterday he boasted I got one bigger than this on a fly but Jim got his tonight on a spinner Enthusiasm aroused anew I 1 put on a small spinner and ana again began to beat the stream like mad The two boys watched me a mo moment mo- mo ment and then the l lad d with the fish muttered something that so sounded suspiciously like His companion nodded mute agreement and they strolled away |
