The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-09-02
ANGLERS READY FOR
SPORT ON EEL RIVER
The AnnusI Pilgrimage o. hin Butler
AM Others 10 the Trout Stream
W. Commence Soon.

The annual pilgrimage of a large body
of anglers to Eel River will commence in
earnest early in the present month. John
Butler is organizing a party which viii
probably number seVenty-tVe men IN all
With him among others will be John Sal
mi. Judge Evans and John Lemmer. John
Gallagher. the veteran who fishes Eel
River annually, left on the steamer Po-
mona on her last trip. Ellis Robinson
caught twenty-one fish near Singley in an
hour. six Of them weighing from five to
ten pounds. The fishing is reported good
all the way up the river to Scotia.
George Weymouth is authority for the
statement that from twenty TO twenty
five half-pounders has been the average
daily catch.
Fish Commissioner A. T. Vogelsang
went to Verdi New, last night. The OBJ
iect of his visit is to induce mill owners
and others to comply with the law regard
ing fish ladders. If dams are properly
equipped in this respect the Fish Com
missioners will try to take the spawn
of rainbow trout there. j. +. Morrill,
writes that the fishing at both Verdi and
Boca is good.
President W. D. Mansfield of the Fly
Casting Club has returned from a bust
ness trip to the East. While in Chicago
he attended a meet Of the Fly Casting
Club. Al the request Of the members he
showed his skill, casting 125 feet. This eX-
ceeded the cast of any of the members at
the time Mr.. Mansfield found they had
improved since his last visit, when he
won the American championship.
Fly fishing is at its best at Pelican Bay
Just now. +. @. Sanborn and Frank Nc
Lennon arrived there on the oath of Au-
gust and put their skill TO the test next
day. Mr. Sanborn caught among others
q six-poUnder with fly. The fishing is
pronounced better than at any time this
season.
as a rival claimant for the championship
belt as a striped bass fisherman, held by
Alex Vogelsang. Mr.. Cumming caught a
big striped baSS in Oakland estuary. He
claims 1t weighed twenty-seven and a half
pounds, as against the twenty-five
FOUNDER caught by Mr.. Vogelsang. The
fish was taken to Jules restaurant, where
Mr.. Vogelsang FASTENED to inspect it. He
insisted on its being weighed and he af-
firms it tipped the beam at twenty-one
pounds. He insists that he still retains
the championship, although he recognizes
Mr.. Cumming as a competent and an ar
dent angler.
aquarium at Mechanics Fair, expects to
have an unusually fine display on the
opening day. Anglers and others interest
ed should see it early, the trout were
taken from lakes in a high altitude,
where the water was cool, conditions
which cannot be enjoyed here. The trout
include rainbow, mykiss, brown, Loeb
Leven, Eastern brook and Dolly Warden
from the McCloud. Fine specimens of
striped bass are also shown. These were
taken with hook and line from the salt
water of Oakland estuary They We're
transferred to fresh water lake in Gold
en- Gate Park and are doing well.
Colonel Kelihor is still at Boca enjoy
". R. Mcfarland is credited with the
biggest black bass of the season, hav-
Ing landed one weighing six pounds.
DIR. Won Hoffman, sent John Butter a
splendid five-pound Beardsley trout from
Crescent Lake some days since.
Fred Lees and Frank Maskey, accom-
panied by their wives, leave shortly for
Eel River. They will train to Ukiah and
thence drive about 100 miles to Scotia.