The San Francisco call., 1907-06-09
SPRIGHTLY WOMEN
WHO FISH AND HUNT

her she announced that she would
bring something home II IL were only
a mud hen And she did. But tho
pathetic part of it was that they would
not let her hang It up She couldn't
tell why.
Mrs. Nickels Is enthusiastic over the
Joys OF the sport and its healthfulness.
She cannot say enough for the outdoor
life as a, substitute for the tall and
winter card tables In town.
Mrs. Al u. Cumming says OF ths
sportsman's life that it IS the only
life there Is" Last year when the
stress of things In town rendered IL
necessary for her 20 leave the fishing
tackle unmolesred in various boxes
and for her and her husband and
Treat tosremsin at home. the guns
laid away, the whole year was spoiled
and life seemed hardly worth living.
Mrs Cummings affections ara
pretty equally divided between the two
sports. She has made some wonder
fully fine catches OF striped bass on
the San Antonio slough where she con-
siders the best bass fishing is to ba
had. The Cummings ark, The Cue
koo,' is her home during the season.
She bats her own hooks with clans.
generally. for bass and has met with
great success. She did not have to
wait 10 learn to fish under the tnspec-
ton of Mr.. Cumming; she has 1shed
all her life She is familiar with the
streams and lakes in the northern
counties This year the two viii reach
klamath Hot Springs early.
For the duck and quail shooting Mrs.
Cumming goes to the Field and Tule
clubs preserves. Her spaniel. Treat"
is constantly with her and she avows
that he takes a decided interest In the
fishing as well as the hunting.
The most enjoyable fishing trips
80 an f-xrH HTrw ~oha
OF Alameda. one OF the popular brides
OF last year. have been the Trinity
county trips The two days hard
staging were no trial by reason or the
beauty Of the scenery. as the road fol-
lowed the wayward bendings OF ths
streams Mrs. Adams is not fly
fisherman. She Acknowledges thar
frankly. She 1shed as the people OF
the place hshed. chiefly with grass
hopper bait Grasshopper bait did the
work and grasshoppers were always
handy, a thing that could not be said
as truly OF artificial files
Mrs Adams is another woman who
has fishsd all her life and a. not SCI
entifcally at least successfully, which
would appear to be the greater con-
sideration TO the unbiased mind She
enjoys salmon fishing IN Monterey bay
and goes there often IN July when ths
big schools are running.
Her enthusiasm knows TO bounds in
telling OF the deer hunt in Trinity
county--how in early August. when the
dawn broke at 4. they set out at mid
night having TO go great distance.
and came down the sides OF a ravine
TO walt for the coming OF the deer and
how, at nrst. being the same color al
the dawn the deer were almost indts-
tfnguishable to any but the old hunts
men, and how deadly quiet it all was
and mysterious.
A friend OF Mrs. ". W. Richards,
who has enjoyed duck and snips shoot
Ing with her at the hunting lodge IN
Sulsun county Is Mrs. Charles ~ Gross
OF Oakland Mrs. Gross is exceedingly
fond OF the gun. but IS quite as much
interested In fishing In the Ben Lo-
mond mountains she and her husband
have a fishing lodge. the doors OF which
open TO them at the beginning OF every
season. This year they viii entertain
preparations for II. The streams they
cast over are Bear creek. Boulder
creek. Love creek and some smaller
ones.
Mrs. Cross great ambition Is TO be-
long to the Tuna club at Catalina.
since belonging to the Tuna club I'M
plies the catching OF a tuna. which, TO
use Mrs. Gross expression. Is as large
as dining room table. she realizes
how almost beyond the hope Of =
woman such distinction IS Never
tneless she has no intention OF giving
up trying. She has landed several OF
the big sea fish there unaided and
considers 70 excellent sport. even if
difficult.
This year she hopes to make hunt
Ing trip into Dakota Not long ago
sne shot grouse In british Columbia.
Mrs z. p. Farnsworth. prominent as
ciuo woman during the winter. likes
nothing better than to get Off in the
summer to some OF the beautiful duiec
places In California to enjoy the fish
ing and the scenery Some OF the most
delightful angling she has done has
been In the Yosemite right over the
cage or the Nevada falls, where the
nsn come very close and never cease TO
III Her with wonder at their ability to
keep from going over with the I'M
"snss rushing body OF water.
Lieriy's. on the McCloud. Eel and
uckee-octh creek and rtver-has
aHoroed Mrs. Farnswcrth great de-
nsnL She IS = California woman OF
Merced and has always nshsd- This
McCloud river she considers most de-
1,snttui or all as feast for the eyes.
runs ooiSterously and Is very clear.
sne says the colors in It's depths make
ner think OF crushed emeralds and
"onderful pink precious stones
Mrs. George c. Williams is credited
Win oelng able to cast a pretty ny.
Iuree years ago she took perhaps the
pieasantest OF all her trips into the
DIS Meadows country. and her fishing
eNcited the admiration Of all in the
party, particularly the men. To get
me oest fishing that the county could
oto sne was willing to do the neces-
sary sS miles OF staging.
one could not meet women more
IuIl or the love OF life than these