The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-06-09

line should be used, for in these regions
there arc no large fish; but for lake
trolling a larger line is necessary, and
on Fish lake or Panguitch lake, where
the very large trout are found, a braid,
ed copper line, at least $50 feet In
length, Will be necessary; $50 feet will
be better on Fish lake, because of the
great depth and clearness of the water,
as here the big fish 90 deep, especially
in late summer However, for all or-
dinary stream casting, medium line,
size n or 6, in about seventy-five:: foot
lengths, will be about the proper thing.
The leaders, or long gut connectors
between the fy-hools and the fishing
line proper are very important and
must be carefully selected and judi
ciouslv used, or else an otherwise good
fisherman will have poor success, For
daylight fly casting in perfectly quiet
pools of water, any but the very finest
and smallest hairlike leaders will make
a splash and a ripple in the water that
will send thrill of terror to the heart
of every fish in sight.
When casting in the ripples. or in
current, larger leader may be safely
used, and of course the inexperienced
reel operator will be less likely TO snap
a leader and lose FISH. When fly cast
ing in deep, clear, quiet lake water from
shore ambush, as much as ten feet of
medium sized leader will be better than
less, because as the hv settles Gas Is
often desirable), deep into the water,
the hne will be less conspicuous.
a dozen assorted flies, not too large,
will be sufficient for any Utah streams,
If they include ROYAL Coachman, Gray
Hackle with yellow body, a yellow Pro
fessor and light Caddis for early fish
ing while the streams are more or less
muddy, but later the darker, less at.
tractive flies such as the Grizzly King,
Brown Hackle, and the dark Csddis
NAV be Included.
The hooks should be small ones, Nos:
8 or 10, though in the lower portions of
the streams, and sometimes in the
lakes, No IL hook will be suitable.
The rule always holds good: "Use n
smaller hook than seems uecessary,'
even when bait fishing. IL the streams
are so muddy the fish cnn't see very
we'll. the flies should be laid aside and
a baited hook substituted. Artificial
bait is often good, such as an imitation
the gamier fish, though as a rule a
small hook, or pair of hooks tandem,
with a large live angle worm neatly
mounted. forms most attractive al.
luremeDt for use in dingy waters.
SP1NNER trolling is an art in itself
~ and requires a great deal of pa
thence TO. master it, even more than
the art Of hy casting. The hy or grass.
hopper or worm must be thrown into
the water lust as il it had accidentally
rallen or jumped in. in a perfectly nat
nral manner, and after moments set.
ting into the water ii must be adroit.
" withdrawn and dropped in again,
never allowing II to come to a rest.
And when one remembers he is sup
posed 10 be throwing from thirty TO
nifty feet OF line without entanglinp II.
one will realize that in such an exper-
fence the angler is quite thoroughly
and efectually a long mental Journey
from his business cares at home.
With spinner the work is a little
less eSscting, if done by casting the
spoon into a ripple or castine.and
drawing In the lake from still posi-.
tion. However, spinner trolling back
and forth across the lake is a law
man 8 job (unless he has the oarsS
and lacks somewhat in interest. though
tins is the only wav 10 make connec-
tions with the very big ones, the prize
winners: and here 10 must be said that
practically every prizc awarded for
large fish in Utah during the last two
wears has been placed for fish caught
with a spinner.
The Colorado or the Utah spinner.