Trout-fishing when the fish gets into white water is good sport; salmon-fishing is fine, and the steel-head in Eel River are hard to beat; muskellunge are a delight, and tarpon are not so bad if you're looking for thrills; but for genuine inspiration give me a sixteen- foot swordfish that will leap out of the water from three to six feet, and do it three or four hundred times-all on a line and rod so light one dares not state the exact weight if he values his reputation for veracity.
"The Valley of the Giants"
Peter B. Kyne
Out in the West Indies he met Magnay, of Astbury, Phillips-a valetudinarian after tarpon.
"The Debit Account"
Oliver Onions
The Van Rossums are going to Florida, because the old gentleman has lost some tarpon he wants to find again.
"A Top-Floor Idyl"
George van Schaick