The San Francisco call., 1896-09-12

bers OF the club at the annual tour nament
IN Novem ber. In design they are truly a
work of art and reflect much credit on the
maker. The favorite flies of this State
represented on the medals in embossed
form are strikingly accurate and of beau
tiful coloring.
John Lemmer was very successful last
week IN catching some large black bass in
one of the lakes not far distant from this
City. Eighteen bass taken by the angler
scaled 4711 pounds.
Anglers who prefer the fly to the spoon
have not enjoyed really good fishing on
the Truckee this season.
Trout are plentiful and that fact cannot
be galnsaio. 1t is the abundance of bottom
food that has destroyed the fly fishing,
and so long as the denizens of the crystal
waters can enjoy good living near the
rocks the devoiees of fly-fshing need not
hope for the success they had in past
years. when the sawdust covered the
crustacean food upon which the fishes fat
ten and grow lazy.
Mr.. La Forge of Boca had excellent sue
cess during the past week on the Truckee
River. He uses spoon of his own manu-
tacture, which, when properly handled, is
death 10 the large trout of the great noun
tain river.
John Butler has secured out his king
Salmon" basket, which is guaranteed to
hold small ton of fishes, in anticipation of
the grand sport which he is certain to en-
JOY on the Eel River in few weeks hence.
John Gallagher of Oakland and Mr. Pitcher
OF San Mateo are now on the Eel, and ac-
cording to latest reports those noted dis
cipIes of 'steelhead' and ovation" are
having the grandest sport imaginable
trolling for the new arrivals from the
deep, deep sea.
Bass fishing in the Russian River still
continues to be first class. Two young
men who returned recently from Guerne-
vile, on the line of the San Francisco and
North Pacific Coast Railroad, had excel
lent sport within half a mile of the town
at a place known as Korbels. In one aft
ernoon they landed twenty-three bass,
seven of which weighed over two pounds
each. They report having had their best
success on small frogs.
Charley Green, G. Morehouse and J.
Jones Will leave to-day for Russian River,
and, OF course, their friends are looking
forward to some beautiful messes of sweet
black bass.
The following letter from Mr.. Muller
will give anglers and sportsmen an idea of
the protection that is given to trout on
parts of the American River, which should
be closely watched, as it is rapidly becom-
ing resort of anglers. The Fish Com
missloners should give the matter their
attention, as pound of protection is
worth all of the stocking that may be
done In five years. He says:
SAN FRANCISCO, August 21. 1896.
To the Editor of the San Francisco CdlL-SIR:
We have just returned from our trip in the
Humbug mining district, bordering on the
American River, having spent four weeks very
pleasantly visiting the various mines and in
hunting and fishing. The fishing is a matter
wish you would bring before the Fish Com
mlssloners through your paper, as the indi-
vidual having charge of this matter at Blue
Canyon refuses TO act.
During our first week fishing was good as
the tO0E 20 fv raadflx- nd
lots OF fish visible in the deep holes On Sum
day, August 2, two miners from the Pioneer
using hali-st1eks in all the big holes. One
managed the powder, while the other stood
below at the most convenient shallow spot
picking up the dead fishes that drifted down
That Sunday evening and the following morn
ing dozens of dead fish were floating in the
eddies or lying on the rocks, the result of
days shooting. The miners packed off two
sacks full of fish. The following Sunday they
came down and repeated the operation. From
that time on II was impossible for us to get
fish from the Darer mine dam to Euchre Bar
distance of about six miles.
These men were spotted by all the people
living along the river. Leo Dorer notified inc
Fish Commissioner at Blue Canyon, giving the
names of the guilty parties and adding that he
would tes THY against the men in court but
the worthy Commissioner never showed up to
arrest the men or even took notice of his COM
munication, to my knowledge The Harlan
Brothers, who are running mine on the river
bottom close to the Dorer mill, saw the men
nounced the matter as being outrageous l
took trip up the river one day above the
Dorer mine dam and travelled from 5 A. NJ
until P NJ. fishing the river and got but four
teen fish. Upon inquiry was told that the
Chinese go up the river fishing with giant
powder and leave the canyon with baskets
full. Last September I went over this same
grouno and fish in the water from two
inches to two feet in length, and hundreds of
them at that, but now it is almost impossible
to see a trout in half mile.
John Tucker came up before I left, intend
ing to stay month fishing He came down
three days after we had left, thoroughly dis
gusted. Two noted sportsmen went into the
canyon from Towles, having got mules from
Taylor. l do not remember their names but
Taylor of Towles knows them, and upon reach
ing the river and hearing that shooting had
been going on they hurried back and returned
home the following morning in disgust. This
locality is seven miles southeast OF Towles
and extends up the north fork of the American
River at Euchre Bar. The scenery along this
route is grand, and the American is about the
finest stream in the State for trout. The Dorer
mine dam is no obstruction to fish going up-
stream, there being sufficient water at ell
times running over for them 10 climb.
The inhabitants along the river are loud in
their denunciation of roasted bait fis hers"
this being the term applied to those who use
giant powder.
If the mine superintendents could be in.
duced not to employ miner using powder it
would be one way of stopping the evil E. A
Frenzel, superintendent OF the Dorer, has inti-
OF his crew caught using the stuff.
The Chinese could be caught very easily If
the Commissioners were on the alert or wanted
TO protect the trout in the river.
Hoping you will pardon my lengthy dis
cussion of this matter / will close, but 1
promised the residents up there that would
do my utmost to bring this matter before the
proper authorities am, yours very truly,