The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-08-22
THE TROUT FISHING
IMPROVED ON TRuCKEE
Anglers From The Mountains Report
Their Good Luck In The Use
OF Flies AT This Time.

and will continue to improve until
the end of September. The Truckee
river is falling slowly, but with each
inch of its decline a marked improve
ment in the fishing is manifest.
The "blue upright and red ants
are at present the most pronounced
coaxers, according to expert fly cast
ers, who have just returned from
their outing. One rod Wielder says
that during the heat of the day he
inveigled a number of nice fish by
casting small spinner and drawing
the silver tempter across the rifles.
Fly fishing is paramount during the
early hours and until such time as
the rays of the sun illuminate the
water. The evening fishing is pro-
ductive of the best results, provided
an angler is not particular as to the
hour he enjoys his supper.
Evening Hours Best Time.
H. Elliott, the seven-foot line
stretcher, writes that his best catches
were made between and s o'clock
and even later. Ed Laid, who visit
ed Truckee river for the first time,
resorted to bait fishing principally,
but success in this method of angling
on the Truckee is good only in the
early season, when market fishermen
invade the river. An angler must nee
essarily be an expert in fly casting
to lure trout during the summer
months.
The comfortable bungalow of the
Fly Casting club will house many
members between now and the end
of September The credit for the
erection of this coy home of the
angler is due in a great measure to
the untiring and unflinching energy
of two of the oldest members of the
club, Walter d. Mansfield and Colon
ell Young, who evolved the idea of
and worked zealously for
its completion. Mr.. Young was the
first of the club members to rest his
tired anatomy after q hard and sue
cessful days fishing under its roof,
and to use his own words, he enjoyed
the sleep of the just and patient an
gler who loves the wild and quiet
of the mountains.
Salmon Run Heavy.
The announcement of heavy run
of salmon in the vicinity. of Point
Bonita has created a stir among the
devotees of trolling, many of whom
will leave in launches at an early
hour every morning for the happy
fishing grounds. Professional fish
ermen say that over 500 salmon were
takflen on rod and line since Sunday
last and that a larger run of salmon
was never known to visit the coast
between Point Bonita and brakes
Bay.
Largest Lock Levin Trout.
The largest Loeb Levin trout
and it was a monster-taken from
Weber lake since the Scotch fish were
to this body of water, sew
eral years ago, was captured July
26th by C. J. Stoyel. The denizen,
which weighed ten and one-half
pounds, was taken opposite the boat
landing, and the lure that was re-
sponsible for it's capture was live
minnow Mr.. Stovel states that the
fought stubbornly from start
to finish, and gave him a good half
hours play. The minnow is the only
successful lure in this lake and for
this reason the fly casters care little
for the fishing on this body of water
DR.. John C. Clark, who recently re-
turned from Weber lake, caught a
of heavy fish on minnows,
but his success with flies and spoon
was only mediocre. Both anglers,
however, enjoyed most pleasant
outing in the mountains.
Last Fly CastingCOntest.
The last of this seasons fly casting
at Stow lake under the auspices of
the San Francisco Fly Casting club,
will be held next Sunday, August
25th. This final competition among
expert line-stretchers, will practically
determine who are the prize winners
of the 1907 contests. A luncheon
will be served on the margin of the
lake.
Local anglers, who have had argu-
ments relative to the classification of
our trout, will be interested to learn
what Professor David Starr Jordan,
the American authority on fishes,
says on the species. This is how the
noted icthyologist Classics them:
The steelhead in the coastwise
streams running up from the sea is
the largest American trout.
The rainbow is the most widely
distributed of ALL There are a num-
rainbow of the coast streams, the
Shasta rainbow of the upper Sacra-
mento, the Gilbert rainbow of the
Kern and Kings rivers, and the Gold
en- trout of Mount Whitney.
The Tahoe trout is large fish of
the Nevada basin, introduced into the
Feather river, the Blue lakes and
other bodies of water. From it is de-
veloped the huge silver trout of Lake
Tahoe, spawning in the lake itself.
The cutthroat trout, the common
trout of the Columbia region, is
found south of the Eel river in Cali
fornia.
The Dolly Warden trout is ma
tive of the upper Sacramento river
and northward. Several new kinds
of fish have been introduced, but the
most valuable food fish yet to be in
PRODUCED is the Japanese Ayu or sam
let, diminutive salmon about foot
long and as delicate in flavor as a
fish can be.
Tony Prior, an expert trap shooter
and angler, will leave in few days
for months outing in the Sierra
Nevada mountains. Mr.. Prior has
promised his friends in the Mission
several boxes of delicious mountain
trout. Achille Roos and William
Murdoch, an ex-fish commissioner,
have arranged to spend two weeks at
the bungalow of the Fly Casting club
in September.
CHANCES TEAM WILL
BE HARDER TO BEAT
The American league team that
goes up against Chances men this
fall for the diamond .cuff-buttons and