The San Francisco call., 1909-06-06
STREAMS FURNISH
ANGLERS WITH
GOOD SPORT
Artistic Fly Catching Prevented
By High Wafer, but Big
Catches Are Reported
BY FRANK o'DoNNELL

1 that the distant rivers and creeks are
( furnishing the angling fraternity with
plenty of sport, despite the fact that
the water in most of the streams is
( too high to permit artistic fly casting
being productive of results. Spoon and
bait fishermen have experienced little
trouble in getting well filled baskets
on distant streams, and good catches
have also been made on some nearby
creeks.
On the Truckee river In the vicinity
OF BOca conditions were almost ideal
for ny and spoon fishing for a brief
period. as the weather was cold and
the fish were working well. Reports
to this effect were received just before
Memorial day and caused a stampede
OF members Of the San Francisco fly
casting club to the clubs lodge near
Boca for a week end visit.
FISHERMEN DISAPPOINTED
They were doomed to disappoint-
ment, however. as on the day preceding
their arrival at the lodge the weather
suddenly turned warm and the melting
snow on the mountains raised the
water in The creeks and killed fly and
spoon fishing in the river. The party
included Tom Kieruln, Walter Mans
field. Frank Bell, Percy Long, James
Watt r Dinkelspiel Ed Everett, w.
Murdoch. L. A. Mocker, a. B. Finch,
Dave Sachs, ". y. Cooper. c. II. Kewel
and II. B. Gosiiner and wife. Governor
Gillett was also there as the guest of
the club.
a. B. Finch was at the lodge before
the arrival of the disappointed dele
cation and took the limit on fly one
nay c H Kewell was also there in
time to have some sport. and he re-
ported that when there was anything
doing the best fishing was experienced
above the coke ovens. Prosser and
Martis. creeks being muddy.
W. B. Woods was in the city from
Boca early last week with 30 trout,
eight Of which weighed one pound each,
and the rest were more than eight
inches in length. These fish were taken
late in the evening with spoon and
bait, the large ones taking the bait
lure. In speaking of the prospects for
fishing in Lake Weber, Wood said that
there were three feet of ice on the
lake and that the snow was on a level
with the top of the fences crossing
the summit. He does not expect the
lake TO be open until after June Is.
William Murdoch left the fly casting
clubs lodge for a prospecting tour
through TO the lake Friday.
KLAMATH FISHING GOOD
] Fishing is excellent on the Klamath,
and the number of anglers on that
stream is steadily increasing. 1t is
an easy matter to get good baskets
with bait, and it is said that spoon
may be used on the rifles. r. NJ. Steele
recently returned from an extended
visit to klamath springs and reported
sport excellent. Steele accounted for
one limit basket, and on another occa-
sion he landed three trout. aggregating
as many pounds in weight in less than
one hour. The largest fish taken by
him weighed 3% pounds. According
to Steele, trout may be taken with fly
on Shovel creek, but that form of
angling does not pay on the river
proper william H. Jeffries of Oakland
and Captain c. +. Taylor of Capitola
were catching lots OF fish on the river
during Steele's stay, and Jeffries was
so well pleased with the sport that he
decided to prolong his visit.
Nearby streams continue to attract
city sportsmen, several parties having
! been out recently. Charles Cate spent
/ two days on San Gregorio creek, get
/ ting limit baskets of steelhead each
day, and Fred Kewell got a nice string
on Purissima creek and had some good
sea fishing besides. Joe Springer, w
/ r. Eaton and A. V. Avernon were at
Boulder creek Sunday, taking from IS
TO 20 small fish each, and George
Walker and William Kennedy had SIM
liar luck at FELTON,. Joe Pincus was at
/ Bean creek, a tributary of the Sequel
RECENTLY, but got no fish, and had the
hard luck to lose all of his TACKLE
ANGLERS AT PAPER MILLS
The usual number OF regulars jour-
neyed to the paper mill last Sunday,
and every one got at least few, fish.
Emil Acceret, Jim Lynch and Joe
Gobberino fished the stream from Jules
down to Tocoloma, the trio accounting
for p small steelhead Lynch thinks
the fish are not so scarce in the creek
as is generally supposed, but the shall
low water and the lack of rifles make
/ it difficult to land them with spoon
Al Larsen, Jim Turner, George and Joe
Uri were at the White House pool
and met with fair success. Charles
Cate was on the creek for several days
and managed to get 35 small ones.
c. L Gothelf and Mel Vogel had one
4 of the most successful trips of the
season recently. They left Cloverdale
and fshed up Dry creek 16 miles, and
also exploited Galloway. Little Soda
/ and Reel creeks. They were away for
about two weeks, and on the last
seven days of the trip they both took
limit baskets of steelhead daily with
fly and spoon, their fish ranging from
Z to 10 inches in length.
SEEK MACKINAw TROUT
Charles Urfer and wife are camped
at the head of Donner lake. Urfer in
tends TO go after the big Mackinaw
trout in the lake and has high hopes
Of landing some of them. This is
something that very few anglers have
succeeded in doing, as the fish are
large. weighing, it is said, 80 pounds
and more, and they invariably manage
to break away after being hooked
! +. A. and Harry Sengstack fished the
upper Sacramento in the vicinity of
Sims with bait but met with Indifferent
success. though they reported fishing
fair, considering the height of the
svater. =
A delegation from the California
/ Anglers association leaves today for
Moss Beach on the line of the ocean
shore railroad in quest of sea trout.
sea eel and the large mussels that
abound in that vicinity. The party in
cludes II. B. Gosliner, J. c. Meyer, John
Boedefelt, Midnight Miller, Louis
Gothelf, George Wentworth, Charles
Breidenstein. Sam Wells, r. w stock
and A. V. Arvenon.
Weather conditions were not right
for striped bass fishing on the bay last
Sunday, and as result very few
anglers were out. The only note
worthy catch reported was that Of
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