The record-union., 1896-04-05

| AiSAe OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, angie WOrmS
or minnows an inch and a half long.
But for heavy bait fishing with large
minnows or sinners. a special bait rod
IS made considerably heavier, with the
reel seat above instead of below the
composition rubber handle.
There is no doubt but that the reel is
one OF the most important factors in a
nsnerman'S outfit, as a great deal of his
success depends upon 1t, and at last
there seems to have been one invented
and pretty well tested that fills the bill
In1s reel clicks only when the line is
pulled off, and when winding it up il
WORKS as freely as d free-running reel
Il IS one that is capable of good busi-
ness, and those who have had their line
tangled by overrunning will apprecia.e e
what this means, as with this reel such
catastrophe is impossible. Multiply
ing reels are little used in trout-fishing
by experts, as they are for heavier fish
ing or bait-caSting, and the dealers all
recommend single action reel without
Dalance handle as the best for trout
fy-fshing.
| concerning the lines there is con-
siderable variety in the leaders, which
are made of the purest silkworm gut
Inc gut comes mostly from Spain,
| Wnere something in the air or food
makes 1t stronger than that gotten
eiseWhere. The quality of leaders vary,
| as does the color, and the best are
sngntly stained as blush or gray
mist color, without impairing the
strength and making them invisible
IN the water. Leaders are always
| tested with the greatest of care by the
| experienced fisherman for weak spots,
| ana thereby he saves many fish the
| careless man would have lost.
Ine general rule regarding the use
| OF Hles is that in the early season the
| large ones should be tried, lessening
IN size until the fish go on the cold
peus, Where midgets tied on No. IA
10 ~ hooks are usually most success
Iul. On dark days bright-colored flies
are the best, while on clear bright
| days small dark fly is considerably
| more attractive.
When the streams are SO cold at this
season OF the year. filled with melting
snow from the hillside, a pair of hip
poots Is a great comfort, as with shoes
one is sure to get his feet wet, and
wet Ieet are misery on cold days,
pesides, 1T Is often necessary to wade
III oroer to reach the trout, and as the
majority prefer to wade, the hip boots
are an essential thing.
II might be suggested that a pair of
hoonalled shoes, worn over the boots.
VIII save them from many a rip and
tear which they would be likely to
sustain from sharp or jagged stones.
Dark or gray old suits Of clothes, which
are not conspicuous, are also preferred.
i mad more sport shooting last Satur-
DAY afternoon than I ever had in my
NE said Jack flaming. 1T was the
| cheapest, too"
Live birds, glass balls or clay
pigeons?" asked a friend.
None of them. l used dough birds.
1t was this way: Billy Golcher and I
round ourselves at a little wayside sta
ton up in Sacramento County with
about four hours to wait for a train.
lime was hanging heavily on our hands
ana we were wishing for a few blue
rocks and a trap, when Billy saw a big
box on the platform. Some tramps had
probably rolled it out Of a freight car
and pried the lid off. Anyway it was
full OF matzoths. 1t wasn't ten seconds
till we were arranging a twenty five
bird match. Billy acted as my trap
| and I as his, and the way those mat
zoths sailed off at unknown angles was
beautiful to behold. We shot half a
dozen matches, but forget what the
scores were."-San Francisco Post.
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| The San Francisco Fly Casting Club
| held its second practice at casting the
other morning at Stow Lake, Golden
| Gate Park. Thirty rods were lined up
along the bank, and fully fifty mem
bers witnessed the practice. The best
| scores were made by w. D. Mansfield
| c. G. Young, A. B. Finch, Muller, w.
| F. Bogart, A. Russell CroweI, H.
Haight, M. G. Allen, F. Kline and H.
Battu. At the next meeting this number
will be reached.
| At the recent shoot of the gun club
annex Of the Stockton Athletic Asso-
citation c. Winders, the little son of
Dave Winders Of that city broke the
worlds record for boys under IA years
| for 100 bluerocks. breaking 60 out of
that number. The best previous record
was made by Chicago boy, who broke
! 81 bluerocks.
Parties who have been in the vicinity
Of the Rubicon and Truckee Rivers re-
port that trout are more plentiful than
they have been for years.
| Salmon are being taken in large
| quantities near Rio Vista, on the Sac
ramento River.
The Grass Valley Gun Club is issu-
| ing invitations to sportsmen through
out the State to attend bluerock tour
| nament, which will be given under its
auspices within the next month.
| Though the open season for trout
! fishing began yesterday, not many per-
| sons will seek the brooks and streams
| in the Sierra Nevada for some weeks to
come. The streams are all too high as
| yet, and too muddy, owing to the melt
| Ing snow In most parts of the Sierra
Nevada there will be little trout fishing
| for a month or two yet. In the Coast
| Range, however, where the snow cuts
| no figure, some of the streams are in
good condition and the anglers will
| have excellent sport.
| The march Of improvement and low
ering Of prices is nowhere more notice
able than in modern fishing tackle. One
can now get a handsome split bamboo
rod, with nickeled joints and handle,
for from 81 80 to $5, that formerly cost
from 81 to $40. Lines, flies, ETC., are also
cheaper this year, and many new nov
elites are shown by the local dealers.
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