A large river trout

Trout
Illustration from “Prairie and Forest: A Description of The Game of North America, with Personal Adventures in their Pursuit” by Parker Gillmore, “Ubique,” 1874.

I have not had much experience fishing, save a particularly embarrassing crawdad incident in my youth, but thought that some of you out there might enjoy this episode about fly fishing and a colorful tale about catching a trout as relayed from “Prairie and Forest: A Description of The Game of North America, with Personal Adventures in their Pursuit” by Parker Gillmore, “Ubique,” 1874.

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