Ogden Daily Standard | 1908-11-04 | Page 5 | Angler's Bitter Memories

anglers bitter Me memories morles All although hough angling has been and Is one of the chief delights of my life s something 0 bitter always arises when n I 1 t think hink of my fishing expert ances taught from my earliest years to handle a rod and throw a lly fly it has nevertheless never ken ben my good fortune to grass a really WE fish on the other hand some of tho the greatest groa test duffers so far as angling goes I 1 have everl ever known have wiped my oyo J time and again at salmon fishing only a year or two since I 1 had a friend staying with me at castlo castle who to the best of my belief had never before fore handled a salmon rod or any kind ol of rod in his life but almost at the first cast i it t one could dignify the action by such a name he roso hooked and eventually grassed a 40 another friend alend also a most moat indifferent fisherman killed single handed a splendid fish that went all but 50 pounds but 1 I who have given years tp tho the game have never navor seen my spring balance tally more than 31 pounds