The San Francisco call., 1897-04-10
TROUT FISHING.
The Warm Weather VIII Insur

Inc warm Weather VIII insure
Good Sport to Fly-Casters.
The past week OF warm weather is e1-
actly what the anglers hoped for, as the
coast streams. which have been running
high and murky since the opening day of
the ut-fishing season, will now assume
al appearance pleasant TO the eye of all
lovers of the gentle and e1hilaratins pas
time of fly-casting.
The Paper-mill is gradually developing g
July appearance, and in a week or so
the trout should rise to a tiy read lily, as all
refuse IN after washed from the hills into
the stream during the freshets will no
longer be looked for by the gourmands of
the deep pools that afford such grand
sport to the f1y-caster when wnopper is
attached TO the stre.cher fly.
Latest accounts from tho Papermili and
Lagun.tas creeks state that the water IS
yet too high for fly fishing, and that the
late heavy food must have carried with
it large numbers OF good-siZed trout to
the ocean, leaving the fingerlings, which
iound shelter in the tributaries to the
main creeks, behind.
Point Reyes on Thursday and reports
fishing very poor there at present. He
explained why the fishing was poor by
stating that the stream from the bridge
which spans the creek near Point Reyes
to the sand spit was literally covered with
divers, and that the long-hecked poachers
were killing hundreds of trout. The pro-
prietor of the Point Reyes Hotel enga ged
two men to make war upon the invaders,
and doubtless divers will be scarce in the
vicinity of Point Reyes on Sunday.
At the least calculation there were $50
anglers on the Paper mill and Lagunitas
creeks last Sunday, but with few excep-
finpa fhaU Wit
fish. Al Smith. the champion worm fish
erman, was high hook, and Senator Sgd
ney Hall was next in line with a beautiful
basket Of small steel eads which he
caught in the tidewater near Point Reyes.
The anglers who journeyed to Sonoma
Creek were not successful, as the stream
was altogether too high and off color
There should be good fishing on the So
noma Creek a week from Sunday, as that
stream takes longer to run clear than
docs the Paper Judge Oliver P.
Evans caught a good wetting by caving
down the bank into deep pool, but be-
ing a thorough sportsman he did not
grumble because he caught a dousing and
very few fisn.
Judge Hunt returned from some favor
ite stream with very few fish. He &C.
knowledged that it is too early yet to ex-
pect anything like good fishing.
Colonel Cracxnell and 'Cad" caught a
nice basket OF uSn IN the llItle stream that
runs close by the San Rafael Orphan
Asylum.
Bill Cooney and Eugene O'Rourke
were among the first-Sunday- Oft the-season
anglers who wet lines in Sonoma Creek
last Sunday.
Horace Smythe caught about forty nice
trout last Thursday from the stream that
runs near Ross Station.
Al Wieland and John Siebe basketed
eighty trout on Thursday, which they
took from the Trock m orton Lagoon,
which is in the Tamalpais Club preserve.
Dan O'Connell and a friend visited
Tokaioma last Thursday, but THE"
OConneil had poor luck, notwiths tanding
ms knowledge OF the game. Ho did not
look for large fish, as his basket was
about large enough to hold few dozen
ingerlings.