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"I like the old ways, but I can catch us a fish for supper with my fancy fishing
rod," said John. "Just watch."
"Wait for me!" called Peter as he ran to get his rod out of the canoe.
A few minutes went by. John cast his line out over and over while Peter looked
for the perfect lure in his tackle box. Nora and Etsi sat on a rock watching the
action.
"I caught one! Its huge!" called John as he struggled with his bending rod. Nora
ran over to help him land the fish. It was a big, fat lake trout.
"See! This should feed all of us for sure," John said proudly. "It must be a fifteen
pounder!"
Etsi grinned as she walked over to see the trout lying in the grass. She took
the fish by its gills and showed Nora and Peter the best way to clean it.
"This is a good fishing spot," said Etsi."It's called "dah?aak'e"
or "hook place." In the old days, people used to set fishing lines here. They
tied a line on the end of a pole and left it in the water."
"How did they keep the line from sinking?" asked Nora.
"They used to tie a light spruce branch to the line. That kept the hook from sinking
to the bottom because, the branch floated," she explained.
"But what did they use for hooks and line?" asked John.
"They didn't have these
kinds of fishhooks," said Etsi pointing to John's yellow and red lure. "They used
to take the two upper teeth from a muskrat or beaver and split them in two. For
fishing line, they used willow bark and twisted it like sinew. Then they tied
the willow line and muskrat tooth hook to the end of a long pole. That's how we
used to catch fish! Pretty smart eh?" laughed Etsi.
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