Show puffer P lak 1 du r ca L 1 V 9 ibeal R asa k A as k it A 1 l A aai I 1 1 z 0 A laud land of the mountain and lake land hand of the plain an driver our prayers pray crai ascend for thy dear sake rodever jo ro rever and forever get out tho the kodak clean and oil all the reel rewind the old rod patch natch I 1 ito fie boots wa or waders e repair the boat i eatock bestock the rod or tackle case and plan to go early and often to that wonder spot in tho the beaver moun fains known 6 as puffer lake you will not lot be disappointed in your search jr r members of the finny tribe in ili thu words wards of a famous sportsman and expert fisherman who recently arrived bitin fino where in natures great graft out doors un in you flud another puffer lake I 1 tot jot in the noble wasatch range range not la i i the sierra nevadas Nevada 8 not in ili tho the adi ad i Iron jiron dacks it Is in fit a claas by itself the hand ot of man has haa not tampered with the supreme beauty of tru triv heaver mountains except to build ii good road into its recesses the lake s I 1 lit in the i ladow of pine and aspen and stocked with delicious rainbow and east I 1 vin rn drook brook trout invites the keenest sportsman port smon the water Is deep and cP clear ar the air la Is cool and inal aag i ig the carpet of mountain grass ordering bordering the shore chore ta biose t lose who love the shadows you will ind an abundance of at shade and now that we have arrived and unloaded the supplies placed tile f nt tn in readiness built a fi tire re and I 1 I 1 oiled tile the coffee its time to get town down t business degorge cockett sauntered along vie shore leisurely wa watching ching a black r roud oud that hung in the distant sky while near hla his trim boat lapped the hore as if to say come canie george I 1 ring your friends and lets try ern cm r it few people know george cockett i 1 i these parts because george does tot r at hurdly hardly ever go bishin anyway I 1 i to make ills hla acquaintance few years ago ju just st after he had booked into a big mackinaw Mackl naw at fish lake the way george handled that I 1 ig fellow was gratifying to 0 o the onlookers who were hired as guides for tenderfeet tender feet and upon 11 hearing earing dietr praise I 1 decided to meet goo geo f ince then weve been out a good many times and ive proven to my atis satisfaction faction that beaver can boast of n real fishermen fisherman however t thata ha tri another story well after speculating how much biln i aln had fallen and how much was wa s contained in ili the bank of block clouds Is approaching we got tn in the boat tind and headed east A slight breeze stirred tile surface tn in gentle ripples otherwise we were on a 4 glassy surface the boat behaved like ilka a good boat i silent smooth steady and stalwart stol lwirt wArt there thera did you see that called BY LOUIN LORIN HALL george georee that was a big rainbow atter after gnats but lies hes wise to bishin tackle reen been litter after him all day ever try salmon eggs I 1 asked interestedly taint up use bastin time alme on oil hini or throwing away good salmon eggs well skip along over there new near that east shore by tile the way hall saw a big four point buck this morning just a little below that thac ledge of rocks up there boosin their horns now ills his eyes sparkled ruled as they wan derod up into the timber some deer in ili this section I 1 quizzed i well we manage to get our allot ment in season las fall some ten dozen or more lawful deer were kil led in ili these parts why man they even come down from salt lake to hunt lount here he confided walt a nil minute nube ive hooked a fish was my answer for the line I 1 f had allowed to drag behind and had forgotten was towing a half pound eastern brook A nice size and swell catin said gearge Ge iorge as I 1 unhooked him film I 1 now it if there are prettier figh than eastern brook id like to see aee them the meat too Is sweet and lle de ll clou lons by the time I 1 had baited up again we had reached the shadows and george was anchoring the tha boat carefully making it fast im going to use this cane polo pole lie he said testing the tip ive decided a split bamboo is too umber limber for these medium fish and anyway it a canu pole Is the best for bait fishing if im throwing a fly I 1 use the varney j I 1 watched him select it a hook and carefully attach it to the mhd line after 1 ward ho he chose a nice fat angleworm from the ba bait ft can and strung it on the hook not to much bait but suf 11 clent to cover the hook wll well silently lie he whirled the pole with expert lles acas and the e bait slipped into the il legan water an and d began to sink yesterday evening sal said a george confidently 1 I caught a dozen nicu trout here three times I 1 scored dou ble there had bad a strike but missed him pull pulled d a little too soon letter ive hooked a rainbow time there was a tug at the line followed by 1 a splash aind the silvery liver s slaps I 1 it es of tile the trout showed upon taj surface sur foco ile he twisted swirled tile the water doubled up tip and then shot down but to no aval avail tile the hook was fast in ili his 9 g gills I 1 Is by the time george had taken tho the pound rainbow off the hook I 1 harl had a strike the line gave a little quick jerk and I 1 pulled tn in n nice eastern brook some nino inches long goehl the fish are li tingry t 11 right I 1 shouted dont mako zo so much noise nals e felter feller george whispered these fish here are not scare proof there theia ive got another time and time again we cast on out t lot the bait slowly vink sink town and then felt tho the snap of finny jaws after a halt half hour we t in tho the boat they were surely purely a aplon lid catch V t aj how many can call you eat fur for su supper george oskel asked as he unhook e another rainbow weve fished enough I 1 answer oil id we take a little ride around the lake id diketo like to RO go antu that neck up there and watch the day clay fado away thil we lid did and seat NN vere ere anchored in ili the shadow of over hanging lenges As I 1 glanced at the pocket in the toce face of nature it began to dawn up ill on me how low really beautiful putter puffer lake and surroundings aro are patches of timber ledges of dull huy hue tn in anu openings opening green erasm along the shore line cilip aar lr pine scented up there on the flank of the dawdles we could see snowbanks you see hee that ravine over to the north like said george pointing painting well I 1 killed a six point buck there ono one timo time and the next tall fall I 1 killed killea another one jut just under that snow bank up there Maybe get the third one this fall I 1 ventur ventured eld watching the shadows lengthen and the tha co colors ors turi murii from dark blue to reddish tint us as th ill sun showed dofa fofa for a second before drop ping below the horizon illey hey there that doggoned dog trout tried to jump into the boat shouted george georg e well it if the wa they feel im coln to twirl a fly acro V that expanse of water then them to th eleft cleft ile he elected 0 certain fly from the he supply hooked in his hat band and reached for the live split bamboo pretty soon the abish of tin i line could bo beard as george whip I 1 I 1 ped the fly into space it tell fell off yon ter about thirty feet and then came carff elip skipping ping along the surface up po pop I 1 ped a trout but missed swish went the line again and tho the fly fell gently in tho the saine vicinity as aa before ther ji was a of wat watching chInN and then like tj a chii thunderbolt 11 d er b 0 it an another 0 t ilet 1 trout roso rose and snapped tho bait chii time lie connected comi on little ond smiled a nice fish took ton ser see him danble ill api upi lies iles making a gampa fight too for a small trout if he was two years alder aider hed sure shurill hum that water there now you will tr tn 1 to jump jitni into this 1 boat a at I 1 1 I call that pretty work george I 1 kh nothing liko like fl fly fishing 19 s ils 70 ottil sport the kindi kind that kives gives one a thrill what I 1 have alwayn con tended answered george Is all right in a way but give continued on last pace mr VV PUFFER LAHN A continued from page one me fly bishin overy every time lie lia nutshell finished swish wont went the line again and out shot the fly to bertli Bett li on the shimmering water os before carefully the fisherman trolled strolled the surface another trout snapped tho theo pretty fly tills Is t time file I 1 there theio was a terrific ruah downward 1 thence toward ahti deep deel water a as tho the reel hummed hta some baby called george jeorgen a big rainbow I 1 reckon from tho the way wa heis haa tearing on off line after a 0 little we ve saw the water churned into foam one hundred feet dway and then a golden flash that told the story george carefully care biilly played him not ant too fast and yot yet dinst at enough so BO as not to allow him to to unhook tin hook A few yards of line wits was recovered aa a 4 the fish clinched clin shed the surface and fought for freedom the split bant bani boo was bent almost double but regard lesco of the strain it held id be afraid of pole mapping off I 1 shouted at the same name title lime holding bottling the boat steady there the re lie to la Is george taking mother another nose live dive steady now well here lift lie Is at last frost and a beauty too ill bet lie he weighs five pounds 11 1 I ventured lifting the fief by the gills yes voa im sure mire of it but regardless of its ills weight N lie he it a scrapper scrap peri george only smiled kinda satisfied anti and allowed allowe cl we betor go in for supper the clear cold cot water lapped tho the bloat aides as we glided gilded shoreward we knew that water was waa teaming with speckled spec kINI beauties but we wore content for we had twenty fiane trout tout to our credit my advice 11 B opt get tho the puffer lake habit |