The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-10-30
ROD AND CREEI.
Wilson Gives Butler Surprise on the
Eel River.

| Wilson Gives Butler Surprise on the
Eel River.
John Butler is having grand sport on the
Eel River, which emptes into the ocean moi
far distant from Eureka. Humboldt County.
A letter Just to hand from John Ben, who
accompanied Butler on his voyage for
fishes, states that the river is literally alive
with grilse, weighing from half pound to
two pounds, and that stream whipping is
grand sport.
Ben's letter read: I'VE can catch all the
small fish we desire, the average weight of
which is one pound. We are after the big
fellows now. and quite a number of new
arrivals sealing eight and ten pounds have
come to our baskets.
''The king salmon have just begun to put
In an appearance, and my friend Al Wilson
landed Thirty five FOUNDER yesterday.
Butler has been the victim of a good
joke. and rs he intends to spring il on
MIR. Peckham and others when ne returns,
shall post you on 1t so as you VIII not be
caught with your ears stuffed.
yesterday Wilson was relating to Butler
how he lost wh0pper, and friend John
was becoming deeply interested in the
story, when Wilson broke the charm of his
narrative by remarking that the fish weighed
90h pounds. This knocked three links
from Buffers salmOn-TOed whiskers; but
when he recovered his equilibrium, he
looked Wilson in the eye and said:
Now, Al, you are drawing the bow too
ine; if you lost the FISH, how in thunder do
yeu know that it weighed 90% pounds?
Wilson laughed, and bending over to
where Butler was seated he whispered in
his ear: Il measured him, John. by the
scales on his back.
Butler Is now thoroughly cOnvalescent
The shock had the effect Of reducing him
5b pounds In weight, but he expects 10 be
in n Uain hv ha
Wilson scales, some Of the large fishes that
are now waiting dash at our spoons"
With this month Will die the angling sea-
son Of 1892 Lovers of the quiet sport will
remember that every person who takes,
catches or kills, or exposes for sale, or has
in his possession any speckled trout, brook
or salmon trout or any variety Of trout,
between the first day OF November and the
FIRST day of April in the following year,
except salmon trout taken with rod and line
in tidewater. will be deemed guilty OF
misdemeanor.
Frenchmen have been for some weeks
past netting the small fishes out of Paper
mill creek. at place in the stream where
the Nicasio Greek emptles into the Paper
mill. AS Deputy Fish Commissioners are
as scare as hens teeth" when they are
wanted, II |. presumed that the pUaehers
will continue TO destroy the young fishes
without fear OF arrest.
The FTenehmeu sell the miniature fishes
to the French reStaurateurs at 70 cents 70
81 per pound. AS a rule they dc not p0ach
Oh Sundays.
A well-knOwn angler and sportsman, who
has fshed on many of the best rivers Of
Scotland. England and America, writes TO
The CALL on the care OF rods ana flies as
follows:
Now that the angling season is about at
an end, and we who delight In the pleas
ures of field and marsh shooting Will turn
ton in to fA.r rrAe If a
vice about the care OF tackle may be OF
much benefit TO the fraternity.
II have noticed, In California especially,
that anglers give very poor attention 10
their rods and flies when the season draws
TO close. II stream-whippers gave half as
much attention TO their rods as spOrtsmen
do TO their guns they would find that rods
would last much longer than they gener-
ally do.
"a first class split bamboo rod properly
cared for should be good Tor not less than
ten years service. The greatest trouble
is that anglers. when they have finished a
days fishing, viii not straighten the joints
of their rods.
Each piece after a days fishing should
be carefully wiped dry and bent back into
place before putting away; and drop OF
S ERIN oil have found 10 be very excel
lent thing to rub over a rod before going
out on fishing trip, particularly II the day
IS at all damp or foggy.
III rods are Strengthened carefully before
putting away for the season they viii come
out just as good as new In the spring, but If
placed away for a winters rest in crooked
condition they will most certainly become
worse and the result will surely be that at
the end OF a couple of seasons they will not
be ft for hy-castng.
1T does not matter how good rod Ia or
how much 1t costs, a few days Of hard fish
ing Will give II a set sometimes 10 the tip,
but more generally in the middle joint, and
il allowed 10 remain In bent staCe il will
be no easy task to bring it to its original
shape. Rods should be vanished at least
every two seasons, and reels should be
cleaned and oiled every spring.
Il have found that the best thing TO keen
flies in is moth-proof tin box. The hy-
book should be wrapped carefully in PAPER.
and put in cigar-box. Moths will never
bother flies that are done up in paper. but
camphor rather seems to agree with them.
Rods should be laid fat on the floor aud
not stored at an angle in some closet Lead
ers will keep for years If laid away where
II Is not too warm or too damp. Tney
should be thoroughly tested before using
and should stand strain of four pounds
for trout or bass and seven and a half
pounds for salmon. AS a rule, frst-class
anglers have everything In good shane and
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