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Identifier: outing58newy (find matches)
Title: Outing
Year: 1885 (1880s)
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Subjects: Leisure Sports Travel
Publisher: (New York : Outing Pub. Co.)
Contributing Library: Tisch Library
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somewhat along this order: Huh!Grasshopper, eh? Well, blast my spots,but it was careless of him to fall in whenthe grass is so wet he couldnt jump afoot. I guess youll have to excuse me. Even if the trout doesnt express hisideas exactly that way, the result is thesame, anyhow. But let the sun comeout and warm up the meadows. Then,when the hoppers are gayly hopping, ifyou present the lure in the right way, sothat it doesnt fall on the water with asplash like a scared muskrat, there willprobably be a vigorous response. The base and vile earthworm is ac-ceptable to the binnacle trout only uponcertain occasions, chiefly cloudy or drip-ping days. Flies are usually not so suc-cessful as bait, though it is only fair toconfess that most of my attempts withflies have been in the late summer, at atime when the fish were not overenthu-siastic on the fly question anywhere.The little trout in the spring-holes—thefour- and five-inch fellows—will rise tobait or fly with delightful impartiality,
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