Fishes of Chautauqua, Cowley and Elk Counties Kansas - 1959

[evanstrail]

Came across this while researching something completely different:

http://www.gutenberg.org/files/34523/34523-h/34523-h.htm

Maybe this belongs in Good Old Days, but fishing stories are often told in cafes and coffee shops so . . .

[W. Gray]

I wonder if the parrot minnow mentioned as taken in Rock Creek (Big Caney tributary) could talk?

[Wilma]

Ha, ha, Waldo.  Ha, ha.

[W. Gray]

Well, we could never positively determine where the Elk River began, but now, because of this book, we know it is (or at least was) full of Notropis boops.

[frawin]

I wonder if the parrot minnow mentioned as taken in Rock Creek (Big Caney tributary) could talk?

Waldo, I bet your Uncle fished for them and used crackers for bait.

[W. Gray]

You and Wilma are both cards.

[frawin]

You and Wilma are both cards.

Wilma and me? I think it was someone else that wondered if the Parrott Fish could talk.

[W. Gray]

Hey, I was just trying to carry on an intelligent conversation.

There are some fish that walk across the street, you know.

[Ole Granny]

While reading, I could almost taste the yellow bullhead.  It has been too long...  Thanks

[W. Gray]

Some additional information in the book:

Elk River drops an average 14.4 feet per mile.

Annual precipitation in Elk County is 35.1 inches.