The San Francisco call., 1897-07-31
reports having had a most enjoyable

NNOSS
time.
Al Wilson, the Napoleon of anglers, is
now located at Russian River station.
MI: wilson Is enjoying short vacation,
ana he intends TO have try for some
Z0o-pound sturgeon which are Land locked
In the pools within near distance OF the
site on which he is camped. 1t will be
remem bered that Mr.. Wilson caught
2Sc-pound sturgeon in deep pool near
Russian River station in the summer OF
1898 The battle royal lasted one hour
ana nfteen minutes aud the angler stated
tn he had red hot time.
Henry Skinner of the E. T. Allen Com
pany and party OF friends will leave this
evening for Boca. Skinner is one OF the
local champion fy-casters, consequently
ne expects to astonish the natives VINO are
at present whipping the beautiful Iruckee
Tor alnbows-that is, when he starts TO
let out that line by the yard.
Latest advices from Boca are to.the Ell
feet that professional fishermen VINO IN
former years bad cast their lines and lures
In independence Lake are now working
on the Truckee River and using every de-
vice Tor the capture OF trout from that
stream. One angler who recently returned
from there reports having seen two men
using dynamite in the deep pools near the
bridge winch spans the river about one
mile below Boca
1t is to be hoped that the Sportsman's
Club OF Truckee will use its best efforts to
capture and punish the yandals who are
not content to angle by fair means. Ii
dynamiters are: allowed to go nnpunlshed
then anglers may say, without fear OF con-
tradrcuon, Farewell, Truckee, you have
seen your best days"
The following letter from Boca will give
anglers who are figuring upon an outing
on the beautiful stream good idea CT the
sport that awaits them:
BocA, Cal, July %, 1897;
NJ j. Gedry, Esq, Sporting Editor. ''The CaiP' :
AS per my promise OF last week, send you
some news from the Truckee. First OF ali, let
us consider the accommodations. l do not
hesitate to say that this IS by lar the best
place on the Truckee for the ang to stay.
l totally disagree with THE GAEL in so lar as
1t states that the Truckee is at present too
high Tor good fy-fshing: Ii you were here
and observed the magnificent killings which
are made daily l am sure. you would recon-
slider your views, as not party who ventures
on the stream fails to return with d Weii-hlled
creel, and in many instances the size OF the,
trout ans Zed me. -
One party here named Fountain is es-
peciaily fortunate. Not a day passes that he
does not return with q creel OF IRON twenty 10
thirty fish, and among them he invariably
has from two to a three FOUNDER. Ih1s
morning he returned with "raInbow" which
scaled seven pounds which was voted by the
anglers here 10 be q beautyi and sc It, was.
AS have stated the f1y-fshing is excellent,
but must confess that the very large fish are
taken with ''Lalorge Spinner"-an invention
of former is herman on the Truckee, and it
seem TO meet<wiJh marked success. BY the
way, the Truckee River, ike all good streams,
is overrun with market fishermen, and it
would matter little il they would foi low their
vocation themselves. put they hire every
available Jap ana ChinanGn to assist them,.
and, therefore, you can readily see what
detziment 1t is TO The angler who fishes. for
the love OF sport; but, of course, over this
silently
submit. -
Judge Hunt came here from Webber Lake
last week, and ;hus far he has been very sue
cessful. He Is paniedb by his son Fred.
YOp cannot prevail pom the Judge TO use a
spinner or spoon, as he will persist in using
nothing butthe "hy,' and from the manner in
which ne handles his Leonard" ana the
well-filled creel ne invariably returns with, 1t
is evident that he needs no counsel to assist
him.
tOurfriend Finch came over from Webber
Lake yesterday and as usual, he was i'm
patieut 10 set on the stream; ne also disdafns
the use of a. spinner" put che. dontuse
bait" Well. Mr.. Finch hooked four-pounder
on small fly this forenoon, and although
our friend is well known as an expert angler,
still, the beauty made its escape, taking
with him the "hy" II would haye been 81
pleasure to a camera artist to shoot at Finch,s
face about the time he lost the fish, But ne
will make up for his loss have no doubt
Judge Bahrs arrived here yesterday and
Judge Hunt is schooling him in the art of fly-
casting, and i doubt not that he Will prove
success in the art.
Judge GroezInger a7d wife arrived to-day,
and Judging from the book OF tackle which
accompanied him, l presume rainbow" will
be glut at the hotel
Judges Hunt Bahrs and Groezinger and Mr.
Finch and myself are off for trip to-mor-.
row to what is known as "Floriston," which.
is a small station about three miles from here,
and you can rest assured that there VIII be
less trout in the river tnan there are to-day: =
In conclusion l can confidently state that
from all appearances fishing ON the Truckee
has not been better this season than. 1T is at
the present time. The water is very low and
as clear as crystal. ana l would therefore sd-
wise the angler who is desirous of fishing on
the Truckee to start Tor Boca as soon as con-
venient. Fromail reports the fishing at Web
Der and Independence lakes has been very
poor this season, and many anglers are arTtv-
ing here daily from both resor.s. went over
10 independence, driven by "Sam" Williams,
the famous whip OF the Sierras," but most al
the anglers had left, owing to poor success.
Yours truly, JUDGE JOHN a. CARROLL: