ANGLERS: TROUT FISHING ON THE AU SABLE,THE Part 2
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The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: “Isaak Walton, our most famous fisherman, says: ‘O’ the gallant fisher’s life. It is the best of any: Tis full of pleasure, void of strife, and tis beloved by many. Other joys are but toys only this, lawful is; For our skills breed no ill, But content and pleasure.’” Two fishermen in a canoe. “The sportiest fishing in America is brook trout fishing and hip boots are absolutely essential.” Men put on hip boots. “In the woods a man casts off his years; there he finds perpetual youth.” “Casting, the most difficult of fisher’s arts.” “Then, strong lines, cutting the crisp air, alighting softly on the sparkling surface.” “Scaly, slippery, gamey, swift, wet, staring trout.” Fisherman reels in line. “Every ounce of him is fighting weight.” Fisherman nets trout. “Remember Tennyson’s lines: ‘For men may come and men may go, But I go on forever.’” Fishermen wading in stream. “Trout fishermen, particularly when in a canoe, prefer downstream.” Boat moves downstream with current. “‘Idle time, not idly spent,’ said Sir Henry Wotton of fishing.” “The immortal Shakespeare wrote: ‘The pleasantest angling is to see the fish cut with her golden oars the silver stream and greedily devour the treacherous bait.’” Man poles boat while fisherman lands trout. “Angling has become a co-ed institution.” Woman in hip boots casting for trout. “‘There goes my fish!’” Dog swimming. “Patience.” Fishermen sitting in boat. “Here are the great fish hatcheries of the Au Sable River where the swift trout learn to swim.” “The Hatchery, where the trout come from.” “The dinner bell.” Man feeds fish in hatchery. “Ever see ’em bite like this?” “Where the ‘Bread Line’ is a whirlpool.” “They’re just like Oliver Twist.” “Food can tame the wildest trout.” “Hatching time arrives.” Fish removed with nets from hatchery. “Taking eggs from trout.” “There are several kinds of trout -- first, the Speckled.” Man holds speckled trout. “And the Brook trout.” Man holds brook trout. “Also the Rainbow trout.” Man holds Rainbow trout. “Where eggs are hatched.” Tray in hatchery building. “Just arrived.” “From 15 to 30 days old.” “From 30 to 45 days old.” “Swift said: ‘Fish should swim thrice. First in water, next in butter, and then in good Claret.’ But that was before July 1st.” Group dining. “The End.” [1919]
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