The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-06-15
FISHERMEN HASTEN
AFTER THE TROUT
Beginning of the Open Season
Today Marks Exodus
From Salt Lake.
MANY WENT LAST NIGHT
UNUSUAL NUMBER OF LICENSES
TAKEN OUT THIS SEASON.

With the opening OF the fishing
season today it is estimated 5000 per-
sons will angle for the trout In the
various streams OF the state. The re-
ports sent to the state fish and game
commissioner show that more licenses
have been issued this year than ever
before. and the reports from the deal
ers in fishing outfits show that they
have had an unusual call for all sorts
OF paraphcrnalia- +. W. Chambers,
state FISH and game commissioner.
says the fish are unusually plentiful in
all the streams of the state this year,
and that there will probably be more
fish caught this year than ever be-
fore.
The best fishing for today. according
TO Mr.. Chambers, will be found in the
Provo river, East canyon. Lost creek,
tributary streams to ogden river. and
the spring runs OF salt Lake. Cache
and Utah counties.
Salt Lake nimrods were active yes
terday and last night preparing for
early departures today for their IA
vorite spots" At 7:45 last night 100
left over a special Rio Crande train
for Provo canyon. The Lagoon lake.
along with other waters. will be
open" for the sport of angling today.
Robert Sloan left for Idaho last night.
where he will fish for three weeks He
bought SIS worth of tackle and ex-
poets to bring back some OF the best
trout ever pulled out Of a stream. He
| is going TO join a party at the Porter
ranch on the Utah-Idaho Gun club
| grounds.
o. II. Hewlett. sid Case, Lester
| Hewlett. VERNE Hewlett. Spence Case
and William Greenich started for East
canyon at yesterday afternoon. They
viii spend two weeks on the stream.
They will make the trip In an auto
mobile, being able to take the machine
up the canyon to where they expect to
FISH. T. A. Williams and family will
| be in Lost creek for the opening to-
day They left Monday in camp
wagons for two weeks trip. Milton
| Allen and a party left for East can
| yOn yesterday. They viii go to Nor
/ gan by train and from there take an
| outfit over into the canyon. Charles
| Wirich and Sam Fisher will go up
/ Parley's to Mountain Dell.
Frank Y. Taylor and a party will
/ be on the Weber this morning. and
Alvin Smith and Hyrum Smith will
also spend a few days fishing on the
| Weber. beginning with the opening
day.
A. F. Smith intends making a hur-
/ ried trip 10 Spring Runs In Cotton
| WOOD canyon. DIR. Claude W. Gates
and a party. Frank GrOesbeck and a
party and John Sharp and his Marty
went on the special train to Provo
| canyon.
Or. Wesley Davis and DR.. r. II.
/ Haley and a party went up on the
/ Weber river last night
George Stringham. Richard String
/ ham and Howard Stringham and par
/ " left for the Weber in the afternoon.
/ where they will spend the remainder
/ OF the week J. J. Daynes viii spend
/ today on Cottonwood creek.
David A. Smith and party left last
/ night for the Weber river. The party
| Will be gone several days. J. r. Smith.
! manager Of the salt Lake Knitting
/ works. viii fish for the first three
| days on the Weber. G. II. r Dunn
/ left with Hyrum Smith and his party
/ for the Weber river last night.