The San Francisco call., 1899-04-08
TROUT FISHING Is
IMPROVING DAILY
ANGLERS WHO HAD GOOD SPORT
RECENTLY.
Warm Weather Will Bring Forth In
sect Life, and the Stream
Whippers Will Feel
Happy.

The anglers who took advantage Of the
first day of the trout fishing season and
tramped through coast streams in quest
of small steelheads, did not meet with
very good success, as the creeks were
too high and the fish were gorged with
food.
The past week of warm weather will
vastly improve the sport. and ffy-fishing
should be good on the Lagunitas and Pa
per-mill in Marin County and the So
noma, Pieta and Big Sulphur creeks in
Sonoma County. The Los Gatos and its
tributaries should also prove worthy of
a good whipping after another week of
sunshine.
Austin Creek, which empties into Rus
sian River near Duncans Mills, has been
famous up to recent years for the excel
lent sport 1t afforded visiting anglers
For the past two or three seasons Aus
tin has fooled many lovers of trout fish
ing, and the Fish Commissioners con-
cluded to investigate the cause of the
scarcity of trout in that beautiful stretch
OF ripping water. AS already stated in
The Call, Messrs. Babcock and Wilson of
the commission made a tour of inspec-
ton last Sunday and captured three ma
tives in the act of dynamiting the pools.
This fact explains the reason for the
scarcity of trout in the stream, and it is
hoped the transgressors Of the law will
be punished severely for the offense. The
place to-day at Santa Rosa.
John Butler, Lloyd Eaton, Frank Mar
Gus and Professor Terry returned last
Monday from San Gregoire Creek. They
reported that the water was too high,
and that fishing will not be good for a
few weeks.
One hundred and fifty anglers. includ-
ing the regulars and volunteers, f1shed
the I.agunitas and Paper-mill creeks last
Sunday with varying success. The run
of fish taken was small, but there are
several nice-sized trout in the streams
which will put in an appearance in the
baskets Of the experts when the creeks
will have run clear and low.
Fred Johnson caught nice mess of
fish in SuScol Creek, near Monterey.
Frenchmen who are stationed at Toca-
Iona have been persistently fishing Pa
per-mill Creek since the 1st inst.
BILLY" Kittle caught a beautiful mess
Of trout in the Country Club lakes last
Sunday. Among the varieties taken were
Loeb Leven, cutthroat and rainbow. Two
Of the Loeb Levens weighed one pound
each.
A member of the Country Club, or at
least man who has the privilege of
shooting and fishing on the clubs pre-
serve, caught 125 so-called trout in Olema
and Bear Valley creeks last Sunday, and
the average size of the fingerlings was
three inches.
The following communication is self
explanatory:
Sporting Editor San Francisco Call-Dear Sir:
Fishing on Paper-mtll and Lagunttas creeks on
the opening day and Sunday was fairly good
considering the large number of anglers who
patronlzed them.
The streams were somewhat high for fly fish
ing, but the majority dispensed salmon roe,
shrimps and worms with lavish hand
The largest fish caught on the opening day
was a six-pound steelhead, and Billy Chambers
must be credited with the best basket. He had
forty-six trout, all over eight inches, and quite
q number twelve and fourteen inches. r. Z.
A. Isenbruck also had fine lot of fish. Kewell,
Kennedy and Wax End Mead were not very
successful on the Lagunitas. Their complaint
was that about fifteen anglers got an early
start and kept in front of them the entire trip
down from Libertys, taking the center OF the
stream.
A. B. Finch and Fred B. Surrhyne expect to
whip Lagunitas next Sunday. As this will be
Surrhyne's initial trip 1t will be we'll for Finch
to keep out of harms way and either send
Surrhyne on ahead or lose him
The fishing should be good next Sunday.
royal. coachman, March brown and a gray
hackle peacock body will be good flies to use.
''TREESPSON"