The San Francisco call., 1895-08-03
THE ANGLER.
Pleasure-Hunters Who Are Off for
the Mountains-Short Casts.

Pleasure-H Who Are Off for
the Mountains-Short Casts.
Now is the time of the year anglers
should shake the dust of the City from
their boots and repair to the highland
streams, where the best of trout-tishing is
to be had. The Larvae which were SO plen-
tiful in the rivers whose banks were
washed by the swift and heavy waters dur
ing the months of June and July have dis
appeared, and the result is the trout which
have waxed strong and fat on snails and
other crustacean food must now look up to
the fiuttering insects which drop from the
overhanging trees into the jaws of death,
so to speak.
The angler who prefers one hour of fly
fishing to days bait fishing can safely
rely upon good sport in any Of the streams
which contain trout from now until the
end OF the angling season.
To have good sport it must be understood
that skill in the art OF ty-casting is in
dispensable. Practical experience is also
necessary, because at this season the water
of river or stream is as clear as amber,
and a trout is quick to see danger ahead.
Success in angling greatly depends on the
man at the butt of the rod.
Moral: Do not let the fish see you. Cast
we'll ahead and strike quickly and lightly
and you will be rewarded with success.
Small flies are best, but they must be tied
on substantial gut. If the day is dark try
flies OF light color, and the reverse on bright
days.
w. A. Tilley returned few days ago
from Truckee. He reports that the river
is yet too high for tirSt-clasS trout fishing,
but some good sport can be relied on for
the morning and evenings whip. He
speaks very highly of the sport that awaits
anglers on Sagehen Greek, which is only a
short distance from Boca.
Robert Hewson is preparing an excur-
sion which will be run from this City to
Boca at reduced rates. The excursion is
specially intended for anglers, and Mr.
Hewson is of the opinion that it will be a
great success.
Al Cumming is preparing for two
months outing on the Truckee and Inde-
pendence Lake. He will divide his leisure
time between shooting mountain quail and
grouse and landing rainbow and cutthroat
trout Captain George Cumming is now
enjoying the grand fishing that always
awaits anglers on the Williamson River.
The captains companion, Mr. Moore
of New York, sends word that he never
enjoyed such grand sport, and that twenty
five trout he caught IN one afternoon fish
ing scaled sixty-five pounds.
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fish last Sunday in Stony Creek.
John Lemmer returned from the head
waters of the Sacramento River few days
ago with some very nice trout. One salmon
which Mr.. Lemmer hooked overcame him
completely. He thinks the fish must have
weighed at least forty pounds.
Henry Skinner, the cham pion long dis
tance hy-caster of the coast Mr.. Chase of
Santa Cruz and John Gallagher of Oak
land will leave this evening for Boca, to be
gone one week. How those old rainbows
will suffer a skinning out.
Merton G. Allen of the Chronicle, George
Jackson, HI. Golcher and Mr.. White will
take their departure on the 9Th inst. for
the famous Van Duzen River in Humb boldt
County. The party of expert anglers and
big-game hunters will spend three weeks
in the happy hunting grounds of Northern
California.
Bass-tishing in San Andreas Lake has
improved. but trout-fshing still remains
poor.
Anglers and sportsmen will, no doubt,
be sorry tc learn that John Sammi, treas
urer of the San Francisco Rod and Gun
Club, has been confined to his room with a
severe attack of rheumatism, the result of
a cold