The San Francisco call., 1909-05-09
TROUT ARE SCARCE;
ANGLERS STAY
AT HOME
Better Conditions Are Expected
Soon in Haunts of Rain
bow and Steelhead

When conditions governing trout
fishing are ideal, or even near TO it.
and the coast and mountain streams
are offering inducements in the way
of sport that are Irresistible to angling
enthusiasts. it is a difficult matter to
find an expert rod wielder at his city
office or home on the closing days of
the week, for with a disciple of Wal
ton, a holiday in season means a fish
ing expedition when the fish are work
ing we'll The fact that many promi-
nent local anglers could be found at
their Offices, or seen lolling about the
clubroons of the California anglers
association as late as yesterday. is
abundant proof that trout are either
alluring fly in streams easily reached
from the city.
The small number of steelhead taken
from the Paper Mill creek on the day
of the recent anglers outing and field
day seemed to dampen the enthusiasm
of the regu ar visitors to that stream,
and but comparatively few have jour
neEeO to Point Reyes station since.
Some. however. who possessed an abld-
ing faith in the Paper Mill. were out
again last Sunday and among them was
Jim Lynch. who whipped the stream
from Tocaloma TO Jewels and landed
- fair sized fish. With Lynch were
Sam Wells. Joe Dover. George and Will
Turner. all of whom returned 10 the
city with something 20 show that the
trout were still rising to flies on the
creek. George Uri fshed in solitude at
the narrov-S near the railroad bridge,
and brought in % fish. several of them
being from TO 10 inches in length.
a betterment of conditions on san
Lorenzo creek is reported. some falr
catches having recently been made near
Br0okdale. and the PurfSSima and san
Gregorio creeks are said to be alive
with steeIhead. but in all of these
streams understood fish are said to pre-
Al Cumming has been on the Kla-
math river for nearly two weeks. and
H. Copeland and W. HilleSaSS started
for the same stream last Tuesday. Re
cent advices say that fishing on the
klamath is EXCEPTIONAL good, Cum
ming and members of his party having
been credited with several limit catches
of rainbow trout during their stay
George Roberts and Joe Meyer have
gone TO the Gualala river for steel
head and a party headed by George
Wentworth is about To leave for ia
vOrite canyon in Placer county Alb
Costa of this city says that the Big
Meadows country n Plumas county
should be a favorite fishing ground this
season, as there are plenty of trout
in the Feather river and IN the large
springs in that region.
The formal opening of the mountain
trout Sea-On at the lodge of the san
Francisco fly casting club on the
Truckee river on the first of 1he month,
while an enjoyable social event. was
not a success from a fisherman's view
point According to T. c. Kieruln, the
president of the club, the water in the
river was too high and while plenty
of trout were seen they would not rise
to artificial fies. there being too much
natural food below the surface. There
were about 10 fishermen in attend
ance and they averaged about four fish
each.
Striped bass fishermen are still go
ing out, the fact that even fair catches
are few. failing to deter them. Charles
Urfer, Bert Spring and Bill Eaton
fished Greenbrae slough Sunday. Ur-
fer getting five fish. while Spring
hooked a six FOUNDER and Eaton land
ed nothing of any consequence. The
weather was too rough for spoon fish
ing on the slough, the wind and choppy
sea on the bay causing the fish TO
leave for deeper water. There were
a great many boats on the san Pablo
bay and while plenty of fish were
taken most OF them were too small TO
retain.
Despite the reports of. poor sport
there will be d large number of striped
bass anglers out on the bay today if
weather conditions are fair.