The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-04-10
ROD AND LINE.
Streams Are Yet Too High for Favorable
Sport-The Greea RIVER.


Sport-The Green RIVER.
TIE APRIL TROUT
Mountain lake aud rushing stream,
Waking froma troubled dream:
Signing pine and maple dumb,
Know that spriug at last has come.
In the clear depths hidden now,
fontinalts, where art thon
soaring osprey screaming gull,
AIcyoBs chatter. oceans luli,
South wind gently flowing from
Sunny lands wEence spring has come,
ASS thee, reckless rover. now
FontiDal.s, where art thou:
Hlvebird's carol! robins song
6urgling notes from backblrd throng
Bursting buds and bees low hum.
Swell the greeting. spring has Gomez
meath the snetering alder bougn.
FontiHalis, where art thou?
Come. call thee once again.
Through the drops OF summer rain
YEARLY wend my way
Where the torrents madly play,
Woo thee. tempt. tmploru thee now.
Fontiaalis, where art thou2
Since tie LIST inst, when the law with
drew its protecting hand from the trout
streams, scores of anglers have been pros
pecting the many small creeks which con-
tain, at this season of the year, several nice
sized trout. With very few exceptions the
results of tbs fishing excursions have proven
unsatisfactory, and the general complaint is
that the creeks have been fshed out before
the men who obeyed the fish laws had a
chance to try their skill with the rod. 1t
will be found, however. later on, that there
are plenty of trout in the streams. The fu-
ture sport must not be judged by the pres
ent results. Experienced anglers are well
aware that the creeks are still too high, and
that the fish have had such plentiful sup
ply of food it will require at least two
weeks more Of fine weather before the
large trout will be tempted to accept of
either fly or bait
At the present time az angler might fish
three miles of water and not basket q
trout worth having although he may have
passed many large fish in his journey. The
little fellows ara always hungry, and when
they are all or nearly all captured the fra
ternity of trout fishermen, with few excep-
tions, will say that trout-fshing for the
season is at an end.
1t can be safely said that only the ex-
perienced angler who steals along a stream
with careful tread and fishes cautiously
every little pool can give the right Informal
ton as regards the value OF a stream when
II is condemned by the men who founder
through the water, making almost as much
noise as o Sacramento feTry-bcat In its
journey through the narrows at low tide.
Judging from the condition of the creeks
at present, favorable sport Will not be b ad
from top or bottom fishing for at least three
weeks.
There are some undoubtedly good fishing
streams in this State but, 10 use the words
of an old angler who is now resident OF
Seattle, "Calf0rnia is not In IL with Oregon
or Washington" The sporting editor of
THE CALL has received a letter from ole
of the old stream hippeTs who some years
ago departed from the happy family OF
anglers of this city for the north. He Is
now resident of Seattle, and, as will be
seen By extracts from bis letter, he is in the
anglers 1x paradise So,d de an , says u,
now or will soon be breaking legs and necks
over rocks and decayed tree stumps in their,
might say. desperate attempts to fill the
bottom of basket with fngerlings for the
happy families at home.
0rndorff, Charley Green, Al Wilson,
Charley Ohm. Boss Perkins. DR.. Dean and
many others whose names | can't just re-
member now are building up great schemes
In their minds-for the capture OF big
trout.
Il do not forget the Joy that will follow
the capture of a two-pound trout in April
from such streams as the Paper-mill,
Sanoma, Lagunitas, etc. Well, / have got
bravely over the excitement attending the
landing Of one and two Founders since
Joined the Seatileites. This country is, un-
questionably, the paradise for anglers.
Prom two to three hours ride on the cars
will land you at Green River-I suppose
Charley Green will think that he has some
thng to do with the christening of this
beautiful stream, but he hasn't.
had many grand outings on its banks last
seas on, and gamier tsh than live in its cold
waters l have never encountered la my
several fishing excursions"
1.-THE writer tells OF several incidents con-
nected with his trips and the delightful
sport he has enjoyed on the banks of
the Green River. OF his visits just pre-
vious to the closing Of last years angling
he relates the following concerning an eX-
peTience with an artful whopper.l
was to some extent unfortunate on
each OF my final trips in losing big fish, and
strange as IL may seem Ii was the same
Identical fish every time. His lordship had
his home under the root of a giant fir
Above the stump the water formed an eddy
about six feet deep and across the bottom
laid huge log with about a foot OF clear
space under it. My fish always made for
this hvle and generally succeeded ir getting
one OF my flies caught on the log as he
passed under. and you can surmise the rest.
The last time grew cautious and waded
down the stream nearly to my armpits In
the swift current My most alluriDg fy-a
royal eoachman-was put on for his especial
benefit, and, AS ] made a short cast, he
came up from the depths like a shot, and
was inst little bit frightened at the way he
salnted me- Bang out of the water he
leaped and nailed the fly before 1t was
within a foot of the surface The reel sang
and the battle begun. In spite of my most
noble efforts, although the tip OF my six.
ouncer was kissing the butt, he got under
that old log again and finally broke away.
No. didn't swear; l had done too much OF
that before, but, like the fellow who gol
lot.
swell. well, I've got my brand on that Ole
etager up under the old log, and If he still
lives on the same plantation l will have an
other cast at him when the river will be fiji
for 6y-casting. l Judge his lordship will
weigh from five to eight pounds and he is a.
sfeckled as fawn."
THE trout law OF this State opens on
May and closes Oh November /. The best
fishing on the Green River is in July and
August:
% miles from Tacoma-has neither inlet OF
trout
up at Lake Crescent near the north enc
Oh Inc olympic range of mountains. |:
vicious and test the tackle to its utmost.
One day | took a trip 10 the Puysllur
River to fish for salmon trout-steel heads
used Buffers fly IA limp of roe) and
eneiea In the sandy bottom of the stream
My pipe was in active operation as / snt
iistlessly On the bank In deep reyerie, from
which was awakened by the hum of m,
reel. and before i knew 1t most OF my linz
bad disappeared, going up stream. TIL,
fsh turned. and with the force of the cur
rent and his own efforts be came down lik,
Q fash and / started on mad run down tbs
Sandbar to check him and at the same
time save my line from being snapped
Upagsin he went and again turning quickly
he repeated the old trick. Four times wa
this operation gone through, and l wa.
blowing like porpoise and about as nearly
played out as the Gsh. / finally got hin
under command and soon had him on terre
qrma. 1t was an old humpback salmon
Ny hooks b. d fastened themselves between
his pectoral fms as he was roofing in tn,
sand. Eight or mines times this sort O