The San Francisco call., 1897-04-03
THE ANGLER.
The Streams Are Clearing and the
Prospects for To- Morrow
Are Good.

Are Good.
Quite q number of anglers who could not
possibly miss the opportunity of wetting
a line on the first day of the season re-
turned yesterday from favorite streams
with empty baskets and hungry stomachs.
They port that the creeks are too high
and that the trout are so fat and lazy
from devouring fruits" of all kinds that
they turn tail upon anything in the line
of tempting food that all angler presents;
but it is said, in undertones, OF course,
that George Walker has June bug and
Doc Watt little bram bling worm which
will tempt the most aristocratic deniZen
of the babbling brook ''to catch on" the
instant that the lures pass within his OBJ
servation.
Colonel Cooper, who is a stanch believer
in Walkers celebrated bamboo cast, will
journey to q little stream in Santa Cruz
County, from which he expects to steal q
nice basket of fish. Cooper will certainly
return with some beauties, as he is an
artist OF the old school.
Dan o. OConnell, the poet and Bohemian,
will Arab like steal away TO a promising
strea m not lar distant from Sausalito, and
1t IS dollars to peanuts that 1.-The Dan"
vii. return with something weighty. If
he has not fish he will have story we'll
| worth the attention OF anglers.
John Lemmer, o. Mouser, John Bergez
and several members of the Tamalpais
Club will wet lines in the Throckmorton
lagoon. 1t is said that Tom Casey, 1.-The
old man of the hills" and his dog Dot
will join Senator Sydney Hall at Point
Reyes tomorrow.
Louis Randeau and e. Precht will try
the Glen Ellen stream. Billy Cooney and
friends have arranged for days outing
in Sonoma County. A large number of
anglers will spend the better part of to-
morrow on the Lagunitas and Paper-mil
creeks.
Fish Commissioners Emeric and Vogel-
sang are prospecting for trout in some of
the streams that empty into the upper
Sacramento River.
Fly fishing is out of question at present,
| and according to the appearance of weather
and water there will not be any fly fishing
worth mentioning until next month. The
spoon and the worm are the lures that
will be used to the best advantage until
the streams assume their summer appear
ance.
The following :letter from Lakeport to
The CALL is self pianatory:
LAKEPoRT, April 1, 1897.
For some time the game anu fish laws of
the State have been violated in this county
and the game fish are threatened with
extinction. The abuse has become SO great
that men and boys break the laws openly and
sell trout and venison IN the open market.
Heretofore there have been no deputy game
wardens, and no one cared 10 take the resp on
sibility on themselves OF having the law en-
forced because of the odium it would put upon
them by the law-breakers and the business
interests II would injure.
In order to overcome this difficulty the law.
abiding element has CrsanIzed The Lake
County Game Protective Association. with the
following officers and directors: President,
Sanford Parrish vice president, DR.. Z. W. X ell
logg; secretary, III. w. Brewer; treasurer, Will
lis Greene; dlrectors-W. H. Lawrence, Z. S.
Martin, H. W. Brewer, A. II. Spur, NJ. B. FL
nott.
All of these will be deputized by the State
Game Warden. The associa lion expects to have
q mbership of several hundred, and will
bend their united efforts to the cause they
have espoused. ALI persons found breaking
the law Will be prosecuted TO the fullest ex-
tent.