The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-05-25
THE ANGLER.
San AndreaS Lake VIII Be Opened
Next Month,
SPALDING.


Anglers who have become tired of catch
ing the small fish of coast streams are
longing to hear from the mountains, where
grand sport should soon be realized.
The headwaters of the Sacramento River
in the vicinity of Verdi is favorite place
of the lovers of fiy-casting, and should the
stream continue to recede happy moments
may be expected in the near future.
Commissioner Emeric cannot stand the
strain of wait awhile" any longer and in
the company of friend he will give the
upper Sac ramento a trial next week.
Should the enthusiastic sportsman meet
with good luck it can be taken for granted
that rush to the home of the whoppers
stream and will not give up any of its
beauties until July and August.
Anglers who have been whippin the
coast streams report great improvement
in the growth and size of the fish. In
creeks which yielded tingerlings, few
weeks ago, some very nice trout were taken
during the week. The favorable reports
to hand have come from the Pescader6 and
San 0iregorio creeks in San Mateo County,
the San Lorenzo in Santa Cruz County
and some of the tributaries of the Russian
River above Healdsburg. The reason for
the improvement in coast-stream fishing
is accounted for in the recedinc of the
w x
water. The trout which up to very re-
Gently enjoyed the cool and densely COW
cred pools OF the canyons dropped down
to the large creeks on finding the water
which had covered their backs gradually
diminishing, and they can be readily dis
tinguished from the young steelheads that
renamed IN the large streams by their
color, which is generally dark, with a pro-
nOunced red stripe down the side
Some anglers who are not conversant
with the habits of the steelhead will in
variably pronounce those dark-looking fell
lows genuine specimens of the mountain
trout when in reality they are the steel
head changed in color because of their long
stay in water that was shaded from the
suns rays.
With the exception of some private
| waters that have been stocked with East
ern trout-New Hampshires-the only fish
of the trout species that may be taken
| from coast streams and their tributaries
are steelheads.
| Probably the Fish Com missioners may
take notion to stock some of the coats
| streams with New Hampshire and Loeb
Leven trout some time in the future but
be that as it may, it is a poor consolation
i for the anglers of this City to hear Of the
! commissioners stocking the streams of
| Northern and Southern California with
foreign trout, while the creeks near home
are almost ''called i'm
Local anglers will be pleased to learn
that San Andreas Lake will be thrown open
on June Is and that the new Crystal Lake
may also be opened to anglers this year.
Permits, however will not be so easily pro-
cured as in past years. The gentlemen of
the company who will issue permits stated
| that owing to the indiscriminate manner
in which passes were disposed of last sea-
son by Tom, Dick and Harry new rule
will be enforced this year, and only anglers
who are well recommended by stockholders
OF the company will be honored with ang-
| ling privileges.
| The trout in the lake are in excellent
condition this year, and those who will
avail themselves of the opportunity to try
a dry" cast at the start may assuredly
look for grand sport. Henry Skinner, the
champion long-distance fy-caster of the
| coast, has had numbe of small flies tied
especially for the San Andreas Lake, which
are certain to create no end of trouble
among the now happy denizens of that big
pond. Skinner, like many other expert
anglers, most emphatically objects to
| losing fine trout because of delicate and
pretty tackle. The small English and
! Scotch flies are very neat things to look at,
| but they will never answer for the kind OF
| fishing that is TO be had in Lake. San An
dreas, and those who purchase them
| will find their mistake when a fish of one
pound or more is struck.
| Frank Dolliver caught three and a