Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 151, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 June 1911 — The Same Old Show [ARTICLE]

The Same Old Show

On Saturday last nearly every prominent fisherman in Williamsport was flsMng for trout in Lycoming creek. Ales, red worms, minnows and every kind of lure and bait waa used, but no one seemed to be catching any trout—'that is anything above six or seven inches. Finally along came a small boy, Willie Rogers, aged ten or twelve years, fishing with a crooked stick, a “penny line” and a big book. He baited it with an angle worm and threw it in just under the new Third street bridge. Hardly had the line gotten into the water before, he had landed a big. fat trout 16 Inches long. The boy never stopped to play the fish—just gave him one throw and flapped him out onto the hank. Around the lad were a dosen men fishing with expensive tackle and they were nearly

sick with envy. Every one cast Into the same spot, lines got crossed and a general tangle resulted, but no one caught any fish except the small boy, who later landed a ten-inch fish further down the stream.—Philadelphia Record.