The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-16

OF the season. The north fork of the
american river is reached by wagon
road from Cisco or Summit to a point
ffniaWay between those points, then a
lew mics directly south to the Soda
springs, now the clubhouse of a pri-
vale nshing preserve. En- route either
sloe OF the road, principally on the
western, are several small lakes, well
| trout, many of them easily reached
from cisco across Rattlesnake hill
Inc north fork is alive with fine rain
DOW, ana IN its tributaries are eastern
pIook, ana an occasional grayling, the
genuine article (saimo thymallis) is
also round: From the gorge up it is
! preserved by private parties who are.
however, generous to visitors when as
sured that their hospitality will not
De abused From the Royal gorge down
70 AuDurn there is good water open to
continues on to the middle fork of the
Amerlcan a fine and characteristic
! stream full of falls and pot holes where
trout lie thick and eager.
THE YOSEMITE REGION
IL mas long been a popular delusion,
of more or less selfish prociivities% that
mere Is no fishing in Yosemite; that no
one out the Indians can catch the trout
and they only by using salmon roe.
,raa nae grieved that the pleas
ures or a trip to this fairyland of
precipices and waterfalls, fiowery
meads and flowing streams, should
i Iat - tn .s,s delights of fishing So here
iet Us uispel the false conjecture. On
the main floor of the valley the beauty
OF the merry MERGED may perhaps be
more pr9iitably enjoyed than its
angling, but higher up above the falls
is much good sport and reached most
easily from here are many fine waters,
lncluding Hetch Hetchy valley and the
gland canyon of the Tuolumne river.
Which cannot be excelled in general
conditions.
Now for the fishing Principally in
ssre ga, there are many good lakes of
sinai dimensions. A collapsible boat
is not a necessity but wading boots
vii pc round useful. not only in some
OF the deeper streams but in lake fish
ing generally it makes a big diff
far as possible.
AS TO rod and tackle. individual taste
aeciues. Here are no extraordinary
condltlons- In the lakes, small VIII
soi spoon or spinner of favored form
VIII De found the. best lure, though f1y
nshlng, using those of a more gaudy
von n rs defn noa For the streams
well stocked fly book
THE TUOLUMNE AND
HETCH HETCHY
Fishing in the Tuolumne meadows
Is wen worth while in the Tuolumne
itself. close by Soda Springs, which is
!, =. ma eurai headquarters for expeditions
=
me Tuoiumne, deep in the cleft of
It's grand canyon. between walls from
1000 TO 5000 feet in height. is unsur-
passed for fishing as it is hardly sur
passed Tor scenery. Writers who love
and know the Sierra we'll as John
Muir. have told of the glorious specta-
cies OF this practically unknown re-
glon. Trails into it are few. At pres
ent II can be knapsacked down from
Tuotumne meadows to Hetch Hetchy
valley with ease and the river can
pc reached from the trail almost every
KINGS AND KERN RIVER REGION
This section includes the Kaweah
river though the Kings and Kern rivers
are better known. These are the three
great rivers of the southern high Ser
ra, Kings river flowing westward and
Kern river south, having their prin-
clpal headwaters among the peaks
north of Mt. Whitney. The Kaweah
practically bisects the. right angle
formed by the flow of Kings and Kern
rivers. The section is rich in noun
tain streams and small mountain lakes.