The morning call., 1893-01-29
ROD AND CREEL.
Angling at Salmon Creek Under ADJ
verse Circumstances.

/ Angling dl SdtiIlOU (TSSk OHNST AQ-
verse Circumstances.
The rainstorm which visited the coast on
Wednesday last has been the means Of de-
| stroying the hopes of the anglers, who were
anticipating some good sport at Shellyille
to-day.
! Last week the sport was excellent. and
the following gentlemen returned well sat
| isfed with their luck: McFarlane four fish,
! the smaller Of which scaled ten pounds
| Coddington two fish; Sol Bare two fish
Miller two fish; Phiippson five fish, the
| average weight of which was three pounds
! Professor Terry three carp; Charley Precht
/ two nice fish.
Twenty-Five anglers moistened lines in
| Paper-mil Greek and had the usual luck,
| viz: more water than fish. Point Reyes is
dead letter this season.
On Sunday, January 10. the members and
guests Of the San Francisco Angling Gu b
at ShellviIle, being prevented from salmon
fishing by the heavy rain, held a friend ~
hy-casting competition in the large pavilion
connected with their clubhouse, resulting in
the following scores: George Twtehell 20
feet, Charley PTecht 81 feet, j. Berges 80
feet, l. Philppson - feet, Sol Bare % feet,
W. q. l.. Miller 20 feet. and a. R-ynaud Is
feet The last three gentlemen account for
their low scores by having neglected to
grease the rings on their rods.
The following communication from a rep
resentatlve OF an angling party who styles
| himself 'Steeibead" Is self-eXpauatOry aud
viii be read with interest by the fraternity
| of fishermen who angle for salmon in tide
water az this season Of the year:
"Wednesday morning last two Of cur most
noted anglers aud your correspondent left
San Francisco. via SausalltO ana Halalls
I for Salmon Creek 10 SOnoma County, partly
10 avoid jury duty and partly 10 enjoy a
thrse DAYS outing with the IOIdiy steelhead
salmon.
The party was well provided with rods
AID tackle OF every degree Of excellence
from Hagatandled gaaf 10 number twelve
double hooks for hy-easting in salt water.
Pigsed swiZcheZ and GOlitnOw in ample
quantities and one twO-p pound can Of the GEL
ebrated Eel River roe taken from giant
hoOkbill fish and preferred on account Of its
splendid size and color, filed one goodly
basket, while each man carried his gum boots
and extra clothing in little grip.
The ride upon the bay, the early break
fast on the boat, the comforting pipe, were
all that could be wished; and speeding past
Mill Valley in the cars. on through the
tunnels, stopping moment al San Ansel-
mo, then up 10 W mite Hull and down the
San Geronimo Valley into the redw0ods
at IayloTvlle. and down the Paper mill
Greek to the head of Tomales Bay, skirting
| the eastern shore, passing the picturesque
flshermen's place, peOpled by lineal de-
scendants Of the discoveries on the discov-
cred, whose cOpper-tinged pOsterity are
now the principal clam-anglers of Marin
! County, we soon arrived at TOmales. and
alter slight delay here, caused by
WoOdlng up, We go on, slightly
UD grade, to Occidental, a snug little
village on the summit. Here farmer lad
was engaged TO transport the anglers aud
| hand-baggage to tide-water. In storing
| cargo by inventory in the deadaxe, as the
| farm wagon is called, the unpleasant dis
| cOVery was made that Aleck or Sam or Billy
| had sent along that rain-pTOduceT instead of
the bit of sailed salmon-roe that one of the
| party, not having the utmost faith in can
! goods, you know, had intended for his
| private use. Secretly enjoying his discOm-
| future we hurried him into the narrowest
| corner OF the vehicle and set out over the
| toughest Of rough roads eight miles down
| the creek to Jehs, where We arrived safe
sore and one at least sorry-sorry that he
| had not staid on the creek in early winter
| and saved railroad fares.
| "JeH made US welcome as only JEFF can
| welcome fishermen who never snOre, and
after good supper and careful scrutiny Of
| the barometer we took possession of the
| best beds IN the house and in less time than
| II takes TO record it each had his reel sing
| ing right merTily and was dreaming of saw
| mills, electrlc-cars and boiler shops The
old foxhound at the barn seemed to think
IT his duty to mingle his melody with
Onislous. while the old gander and his
family joined their high treble to accom-
PAW the whistle from the foundry. So
matters went until the old chicken cock
couldn't stand it any more and gave the
customary signal for all hands to be out
at once-and all hal ds were out In as fine a
shower as ever Rladdened the heart Of a
farmer or made muddy water to disgust a
| fisherman. We gave the grassh0ppers TO
| the geese, and fifteen minutes later IL
stopped raining and we started out in the
DARK Tor three-mile walk over cow-trais
10 the lower hole, taking along the canned
roe, the only bait we had. AT the hole, be-
fore daybreak, the RODS were quietly put to-
! gether, reels mounted, the strongest leaders
prepared first by attaching the sinker at the
lower end with piece Of gut less strong
than The leader. so that it will
break whenever the sinker happens IN
get caught In the tree that seems always in
the way IN making back cast. Above the
lead is fastened No. Is double hook for
| fresh roe, then No. ibis fly for shrimp. a
| No 3 c0achman with silver body for worms,
No. 8 double hook for CLANS, No. Z
| double hook for canned roe, and above that
| and last silver spoon cOppered on eth er
side. SO does scientific angler arrange
| bis lure unless by some accident he should
| be unable To procure so varied bill of fare,
| and then he must content himself with SIM
pie roe, making generosity in quantity 10
compensate for lack of variety. So it was
With us. and just as II began to be light
enough to see the water every hook was
carefully balted with globule ON each
| Oarb; the Initial cast was made and the
RODS set into props stuck into the sand, and
still-hshing began. By the time the sixth
roo was In position the float on the first one
era dually sank out of sight. and its owner
sDrang to the reel ready to give his fish a
strike and fair fight for his life when
slowly rose the bob few feet from where
1t was thought TO be, aud all concluded the
fish had gone. Before the line could be
taken out the alarm came from the lower
reel. and one of the middle floats be-
| gan to move of. Everybody took up their
loose lines, and in the struggle
one angler managed to break his rod. got
himself stuck in The quicksand and finally
let his fish go with lot Of line aud the tin
OF his rod fast TO him. one of the other fish
was hooked foul and tore loose, bnt-tgo
were landed and proved 20 be splendid
specimens OF German carp, weighing q 4
] and 2IA pounds respectively. An explan.