The Water
Was Much More Clear, But Still Flies Could Not Be Seen, So I Used The
Scorned Grasshopper.
In about two hours I caught sixteen beautiful
trout, which weighed, en masse, a little over twenty-five pounds!
I
cast in the very places where I had lost hooks, and almost every time
caught a fish. I left them in the shade in various places along the
stream, and Faye and a soldier brought them to camp. A fine display
they made, spread out on the grass, for they seemed precisely the same
size.
The general caught two large and several small trout - those were all
that day. It was most remarkable that I should have found the only
good places in the stream at a time when the water was not clear. Not
only the right places, but the one right day, for not one trout has
been caught there since. Perhaps with the high water the fish came up
from Snake River, although trout are supposed to live in clear water.
We can dispose of any number of birds and fish here, for those that
are not needed for our own large mess can be given to the soldiers,
and we often send chicken and trout to our friends at Fort Bridger.
The farther one goes up the stream the better the fishing is - that is,
the fish are more plentiful, but not as large as they are here.
About sixteen miles up - almost in the mountains - was General Crook's
favorite fishing ground, and when he was in command of the department
he and General Stanley, who also is an expert fisherman, came here
many times, consequently General Stanley is familiar with the country
about here.
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