The morning call., 1890-05-11


worse now, as trout will not strike at fly so
long as the waters they inhabit are in all unset.
tied state If trout-nshing will be of any &C.
count this year it will be late in the season.
An angler has written 10 The CALL with a
view OF drawing the attention OF the Deputy
Game and Fish Commissioners 10 the Taylorville
dam. The writer says that the greater body Of
water al the head OF the dam runs through tiume
which carries large quantities OF fish into the
grinders below. The trout that happen into the
iume on their descent to The sea are either con-
hscated by the mill employees or meet with death
In some way, as there Is no possible outlet.
1t Is suggested that the owners of the mill
place d wire netting al the mouth of the fiume so
as TO prevent the fish from entering. By so
doing the salmon aud fry will work their passage
over The falls and into the main creek on their
way to the ocean.
great many people who are about taking up
the noble All OF trout fishing are bothered about
the proper zig for wadlng. OF course II is pos
slble TO get along with Il pair Of rubber boots
reaching To the thigh, but They are hot, difficult
10 dry inside, and they are dangerously slippery.
The best ARRANGEMENT by all ODDS, though a bit
clumsy, is as follows:
Over pair OF ordinary light socks wear pair
OF wadng stockings English preferred) that
reach 10 the cr0ch, over these a pair of old
fashioned WOODEN socks, and last of ali pair Of
canvas wading shoes with soft hob nails in the
soles. Al night turn the wading stockings Inside
out 10 dry OF the pefspiration ana they Will last
for several seasons. In warm weather most peo-
pie can do without the rubber stockings; then
the same shoes Will do, only put on an extra pair
Of socks.
In an article on fishing the Fremont (OhIo)
News recently said: The fly fishermen of The
United States have new pleasure before them.
fish not hitherto known In America Will be ill.,
trOduced this year, aud there is every reason TO
believe II Will thrive and multiply wonderfully.
The fish Is the European sea trout-Samo
tfutta-a fish well known aud abundant in En-
gland. While the trout is saltwater fish,
II lnhabits land locked fresh waters and thrives
there Eggs VIII soon be put into Maine
streams flowing into The ocean.
Tie fael that the European sea trout is about
10 be Introduced IN the waters of The United
States seems 10 be generally appreciated by
Eastern ang ers, who will derive the benefits
from the Introduction of this beautiful iish. The
eggs OF the sea tout have been ordeled from
Scotland by Shooting and Fishing, and the en-
tire expense OF importing The eggs Is borne by
that journal, which says:
This fact is not generally appreciated by the
newspapers of the land for far credit is given
for inaugurating aud carrying the idea OF in
suppose the eggs were to take wings fly across the
ocean and alight in flock In desirable waters
United States Fish Commissioner Mcdonald has
very kindly undertaken TO hatch the sea-trouI eggs
and rear the fish until of suitable age turn into
the streams. we mention this incidentally TO cor
rect the staten en hat the eggs are TO be put
the Maine streams and forestall possible state
trout is "a saltwater FISH" to the same extent
that a salmon is. 1t runs up fresh-water rivers
scends TO the sea again late in the fall.
There have been time and again disputes
among anglers as TO the height which salmon
can jump on tlDir way 10 their spawning grounds.
most exhaustive works on the salmon will prove
OF interest in deciding disputes on salmon jump.
ing:
Fleming asserted that he had known a salmon lean
up over fail OF thirty feet. but probably in
tended TO mean in a succession of jumps from one
pool or restingplace TO another Iwiss travels in
Iceland) declared that from personal observations
he knew they were able to dart themselves nearly
fourteen feet perpendicuarly out Of the water Pro-
fessor Landmark has stated Mature, August To-
1850 that he had witnessed their jumping sixteen
feet perpendlcularly, but continued, "Such jumps
are rare" SeTope after making mum Der OF obSer-
vatons, came TO the conclusion six feet OF
seven feet came nearer the truth From british
and Irish Salmonide, by Francis Day, G. 1. E, f L.
5. Il +. T. 5. London; 5s7, p 10, note.
The Danube salmon (Salmo Hucko) Is consId-
cred one OF the gamest OF the salmon species
Two magnificent specimens OF this fine fish have
recently been delivered in London by Messrs
Marston and Sachs, says an English exchange
They are described as a capital sporting fish in
every way, The smaller rising 10 The fly and the
larger taken by trolling. Ii is Claimed to be a
true liesh- water hsh, non-mIgratOiy and adopted
10 large. heavy, slow rivers like the Thames
Ova can be obtained from DIR. Ii. Haach, DIrec-
tor OF the Imperial Fish Hatebinp Establish.
ment, ASace, Germany.
Anglers, VINO have been In the habit OF fishing
the Glen Ellen Creek, state that the stream is
almost emptied Of fish this year. The reason
they assign for the scarcity of the salmon species
Of trout Is the netting OF The salmon which has
been practced In the Vicinity OF Glen Ellen this
winter by persons who stripped the fish of their
eggs for the purpose Of prOpagating preserve In
Lake County.
According to the last report Of the Fish and
Game Commissioners, several thousand trout
eggs Will be given by them to the projectors of
The preserve scheme for the purpose Of stocking
the Sonoma Creek. II is question with many
whether the stream at Glen Ellen or the reserve
IN Lake County Will profit by The State contribu-
lion.