The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-22
THE ANGLER.
Opening of the San Andreas Lake.
Sport in the Mountains.

Opening of the San Andreas Lake.
Sport in the Mountains.
Local anglers are making preparations
for the opening of the San AndreGs Lake
on July /. The recent spell of warm
weather will materially add to the success
of those who will whip fly in preference
to trolling a spoon. a gentleman
who returned from the lake yester-
day states that millions OF small
flies have made their appearance on
the water since the warm wave and that
trout are eagerly feeding upon the tiutter-
ing insects and waxing strong and fat IN
anticipation of the sterling battles IN which
they will engage on anglers day. The
large fish are, however, more likely 10 be
| tempted with a spoon than with q ny,
though anglers who have employed both
| devices for their capture contend that
| there is more real pleasure IN the
| landing of a one-pound trout on fly than
a four pound trout on spoone as by the
former method delicacy and cunning must
be used, while by the spoon route the
| the way in which the fish is hooked, as
rough usage in the playing ana landing OF
trout is the rule and not the exception.
| Very nice trout have been taken during
| the last few weeks from some OF the coast
streams, but in numbers they have de-
| creased wonderfully.
As it will be lawful to take black bass
after July it is presumed that the de-
mand for permits to fish in the bass lakes
will be great. 1t is rumored that the
! Spring Valley Water Company will be
more liberal with invitations this year
than in former years, as the bass
in Crystal Lake are so numerous that they
frequently telescope when passing. The
rush of sportsmen and anglers to the
mountains has set in. The man who loves
| shooting best must not indulge in his
| fayorite sport to excess. as game OF all
kinds. excepting snipe, is still under the
wing of the law, and if he be detected in
the act OF knocking over deer, quail, duck,
| grouse, ETC., punishment is certain to fol-
! 1ow-that is, provided the officers of the
county where the slaughter is committed
will do their duty.
The anglers, though, can enjoy them
selves TO their hearts content, as this is
the time of the year when trout-fshing
| should be at it's best in most of the rivers
and lakes of the mountains. Letters from
anglers who are camping near the Pieta
and Sulphur creeks in Sonoma County
state that trout are very plentiful near the
headwaters of those streams.
The popular Doc" Watt has returned
! from a short vacation to Boulder Creek
and speaks very we'll of the fishing in
Kings Creek, small stream ikthe hills
distant about ten miles from Boulder.
| According to late reports from the
Truckee River anglers should not visit that
stream until August, as the water is ex-
tremely high and cold, and the trout are
| feeding ON bottom larvae.
Very fatterlng reports have been re-
ceived from Tahoe and Bonner, and it is
said that the famous cut-throat trout of
| Weber Lake have begun TO show their
noses on the surface.
| Jack Sammi will leave this City for
| Truckee this evening. He intended to re-
| main a few weeks in the st. Helena Noun
tains, but that place did not suit him and
he has decided to change camp. He willl
| bring two large oil cans full of salmon roe
| to his friend, John Butler, who had forgot
ten his favorite bait in the hurry incident
| to his departure from this City lastTuesday.
| A telegram from Boca states that since But
ler's arrival the trout in the Truckee have
| begun to show signs of mating. Evidently
| because of the large quantities of roe they
have seen floating down the river within
| the past few days. John Gallagher of
| Oakland will leave for Truckee in a few
| days. John will give Lake Tahoe a trial
and his big spoons will catch on.
| George Walker writes friend that the
| Truckee is a great place for lumber and
| sloth heads" and that the bottom of the
river is full of them. He lost fifteen spoons
in one day in the attempt to land some of
them. He saws they came from the
| DR.. Windele, who is a most enthusiastic
| fisherman, will leave on Monday with a
! party of friends for the Truckee ana the
| neighboring lakes.
| Henry Skinner, Rev. Charles Mel and
| Dan O'Connell had good forenoon sport
| on Lake Lagunitas on Tuesday. 1t is an
undeniable fact that Mr.. Mel can take
| more fish on that beautiful lake than any
| angler in the State. -
| Henry Skinner well deserves his title
of champion fy-caster. He throws long,
| lightly and accurately and is quick in
basketing considerably more than the
average daily yield of the lake to good fly
| fishermen, but in the afternoon, which was
extremely warm, nothing would tempt
the fish from the cool depths Of the lake.
The land-locked salmon at the lakes OF
| the Country Club continue to afford good
| sport. They, too, are fanciful fish and
will only rise to the fly that suits their
dainty fancy. At this season the green
drake seems to be their choice. They will
only rise at certain hours and then
they mean business. Almost every rise
scores a fish. Their teeth are as sharp as
those of the hake, and when in playing
| them if they are allowed little slack they
| will cut through a smell OF double gut like
a knife. tight line, as they are usually
| strongly hooked, and no fancy work are the
best methods to bring them into camp. The
ndIle Oh IU0 lduU-lOCkeu salmon as game
| fish will undoubtedly lead to the stocking
of all thecontined waters in the State with
these fish. They afford not alone good
sport to the angler, but they are very
superior table fish.
Professor Moore, who has a deeply
seated conviction that every fish that
swims will take either the spoon OF the
fly, worked Richardson's Bay care
fully this week to vindicate his
| theory. The professor demonstrated that
smelt, perch and even rockcod could be
taken on the spoon. His next experiment
will be with an artificial red berry to catch
shad off the tide gauge. Ernest, the stew
ard of the Pacific Yacht Club. made some
weeks ago an examination of shad which
were brought ashore in a fsherman's
dragnet. He found that they were filled
with berries and other vegetable matter.
When this hsh comes into season it may
not be an unusual sight to behold regi-
| ment of fishermen along the Sausalito
| shore casting for shad with their hooks
balted with red berries
An old steelhead, which had eyaded all
the anglers lures since the opening of the
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