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Show INDIANS clG BIG HSH. Spurn the Use of Rod and Heel, But Land Some Great Bass and Catfish. The mountain streams of Indian leirltory, which abound In same flah, principally bl.ick Imps, have been sib clear as crystal of late, and the Indiana hao been having great sport glgglns them. In a mountain streain In the territory terri-tory when the water 1h clear the bottom bot-tom can be seen through ,slx feet of water, and thli makes gigging a great sport for the Indians. They aro experts ex-perts with the canoe nnd the gig, and spurn tho finest fishing tacklo In the way of rod and reel, as It Is too slow sport for them. It Is Interesting to watch a couple of Indians gig fish. With tho long, Blender Blen-der reed, tipped nnd barbed with eteel, one Indian loans over tho prow nf the canoe whllo the other with his paddlo gently and noiselessly lets the canoo slide up to tho big rocks and nround logs In deep water, where the bass nnd cattish He. The Indian carriCH his gig uplifted and ready to strike at any. time. With his face not six Inches above the water, his keen eyes scan tho bottom, bot-tom, and he will locate a bass or catfish cat-fish lying partly under a rock or log that would never bo seen by tho average aver-age fisherman. Tho stroko of the dexterous dex-terous arm Is like lightning, and In a flash the fish Is speared through and lifted In tho boat. There, Is no struggling to land him, no excitement of winding In the lln. for the Indian hunts for game, and not for tfport. An Indian seldom misses his fish whenMio throws the gig. And his motion mo-tion Is so perfect and his balance so oven that thero Is scarcely a tremor In the boat, whllo tho amateur Is more likely to not only miss his fish two feet, but stand on his head In tho water wa-ter besides. |