| Show efm SALMO Mil ARM forty nine of these fish caught in seven days two brookline men landed the beauties in famous new england stream Terri terrific flo battle follows follow strike brookline Drook llna me seven Ws days fishing A ath a catch of 0 forty nine salmon all weighing between three and five pounds was the luck of 0 george C stevens of winthrop road and charles charlea ft 1 ot of Ilane manchester bester road brookline during a recent trip to new En glands celebrated salmon fishing grou ground nid grand lake stream maine says bays the boston herald success like that might cause the occasional disciple of 0 izaak walton to yea rearm rix for many a day but mr air stevens and mr mcwilliams both veterans of the rod and line are not unduly elated by it that was the sort of sport they went after and expected the sort ort ot of sport they had bad had bad many times limes in the past they are willing to admit however that the capture ot of a cozen beauties in one day was an to be rather proud of 0 for season niter after season the pair have visited the two broad stretches of at placid water set deep in the pine woods grand lake and big lake and the little darting river which links the two and which Is known to every devoted angler as grand lake stream each season has haa equaled its predecessors and each seasons record has spread the fame of the region abroad today grand lake stream eam is 6 known in 10 every corner of the country where there Is an enthusiastic lover ot of the game fame fish each year brings together vt pt the camps along the chorea ot of the takes lakes the pick of 0 the salmon fishermen of the continent there are many tales ot of notable catches chea one man fishing with a fly late la in may took 29 in one day and another la Is reported to have landed in 16 days lying miles north ot of danger grand lake stream Is reached only after the washington country railroad la ile followed to princeton then there Is a jaunt of 16 miles by motor boat and cart to the camps deep in the forest the journey la Is a long one perhaps but no DO true fisherman thinks of that once he be has glimpsed the broad L expanse of water sweeping before him for or BO 60 square miles ile he has only to watch a while for one ot of the can canoes oes which hibb dot the surface here hera and there until be sees a shimmer of silver as ft a fish jumps clear to strike and the fever la Is upon him after that he be la Is busy except at the intervals when he be snatches time to eat and sleep either a light bamboo or a light at bacel eel rod la is employed with silk line double leads and a 20 2 0 book on this thin 1 minnow la Is securely placed in such a a manner that the little fla elsh turns and twists to give n close imitation of natural swimming the tha salmon Is something of an epicure in his bis tastes he be la Is particular about his bis diet and will rot not rise to dead halt bait or offs offal fie be id Is to be lured only by a balt alt that la Is in motion As the gulde guide paddles leisurely along ome game 60 50 or 75 yards of line trail behind and then the angler waits for things to happala pretty soon there la Is a flash of gle gleaming amini white and a tug at one lines it Is the strike the salmon almon 3 has darted at the tempting minnow has leaped in a grace graceful fulk curve a goad three feet out of the water and lp IP off now comes the hum of the reel a song dear to the heart of every devotes devotee of the gentle art and the play begins while the pleasant whirr continues the tries every trick to hold bold him sate safe the salmon wit will tight for liberty with a pertinacity greater than that of any other denizen of isle or stream 1 it for t takes ft kesa kes a good half hour of playing be before e he ha can be b reeled in ditol during hat time he be struggles all tho the time for fo r a moment he gives in and cheh Is oft off again with a now new lease of strength throughout his bis battle la Is punctuated with a series ot of picturesque jumps often as many as a halt half dozen before he finally quits while all this to Is going on everything Is forgotten in the excitement ot of the sport there are no cares no worries no schemes of bustness business for the man with the rod there Is just one ona the world and that Is the fish on the end of the line |
