THE GRAINGER COUNTY NEWS — OCTOBER 12, 1921
THE FOUR BEST FISH STORIES
The four best fish stories of the year rise at one cast. A Michigan dairyman finds that big fish milk his cows as the bossies stand in the lake in the heat of the day. It must be assumed that these lactophile fish are suckers.
The other three tales are native to California waters. While a camper was cooking his dinner, by one of our famous trout streams, a rainbow [trout] leaped at a fly close to the bank and, failing to observe the well-known mixim bout looking landed on the bank and was promptly transferred to the pan. It is only in California that one can expect an epicureau dinner to jump out of the water into a hot frying pan.
The same camper landed a 13-inch Dolly Varden, which, as it flopped on the bank, disgorged a six-inch rainbow [trout]. This was two birds with one stone, the biter bit, and an illustration of the law of the fish world, as it is of the human—eat and be eaten.
This camper completed his trio of trout experiences when, standing barefoot in shallow water at the edge of a deep hole. he felt jaws clamp on his toes. Looking down in the midst of his startled jump he saw a seven-pound Dolly Varden let go his toes and turn down into the deep water. There the big trout seized his bait. The rattled angler struck too quickly whereupon the Dolly followed the bait up and once more made for the gleaning toes. Balked there, it again turned to the bait and was landed. The Dolly Varden trout is commonly known as a hog to anglers in the waters where it occurs. It appears that it also deserves to be called an alligator. These tales should hold the fishermen for a while—San Francisco Chronicle.
From— The Grainger County News. (Rutledge, Tenn.), 12 Oct. 1921. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
