The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1914-07-16
FINS, FURs AND FEATHERS

I FINS, RURs AND FEATHERS /
:
W. J. A. Baker accompanied s. Ben
son, E. f. Coovert and A. c. Staten on |
fishing trip at the Punch Bowl and |
Sandy Flat last week. Mr.. Baker, who |
is we'll acquainted with the streams
and the best pools, escorted the visit
Ors TO points where a nice catch was
obtained.
J. II. Fredricy was host at a delight
ful dinner one evening last week, the |
piece de resistance of the feast being a |
platter Of trout caught by him the af-
ternoon before on the Green Point
creek.
Roy johnson and Walter Shay spent |
Sunday on Green Point creek, having
excellent luck.
Judge Derby and State Fish and |
Game Commissioner Duncan spent the |
latter part of last week on the West |
Fork and Lake Branch, where they ell
joyed the best of fishing.
J. c. Skinner, A. ]. Graham, J. II.
Fredricy and j. F. Sugrue, the latter
OF Cashmere, Wash, spent Sunday on
Tony creek.
While many of the pleasure seekers
on the West Fork and Lake Branch |
Sunday only had fisherman's luck, the
greater portion of them caught nice |
strings, sacks or baskets of trout. |
Campers returned from the scenic re-
glon, where the stream are reported to
be filled with beauties, ready to be ta-
ken with almost any kind of hook, |
estimate the total members of outing
parties Sunday at more than 100.
b. L. Duncan, who spent the latter |
part of the week on theWest Fork with |
Judge Derby, is reported to have con-
Quoted tisherman's kindergarten class
Saturday and Sunday. MIR. Duncan,
who is an artist at the sport, knowing
all the little niceties necessary to en-
tice trout, even though he has Just
had Thanksgiving meal, had little
boys, young men, young ladies', old
men and old ladies in his classes. And
they say that the fish are beginning to
get scarce.
Some interesting and amusing sights
were seen among the amateurs. One
fisherman was using periwinkles as
bait. His hook might have been used
to catch catfish. 1t was almost as
large as a ten penny nail. The sports
man, who had been fishing for about a
day, simply took the periwinkle, hull
and all, and stuck it on the hook. |
"Durn the fish, they won't bite at all, 4"
he told Professor Duncan as he took
his first lesson.
Two Swedes have been camping on
the West Fork. They had never fished
for mountain trout, but had heard that
it was necessary to slip up on the fish.
They were seen to locate the proper
rock to hide behind. Then they would
slip up and cast over into the pool be-
hind it. Naturally, they had no luck
until Mr.. Duncan began his teachings.
A Mosier man, who with his family
spends a portion of every year in the
Maple Dell region of the West Fork,
tells a good steelhead story. Last
week after having landed a 30.inch
steelhead, he was carrying his catch up Il
steep bank, when the giant fish fiut-
tered, threw him to his knees and
Topped back in the stream. His wife
and another lady, not willing to see the
beautiful fish lost, plunged into the
water after it, but were unable to save
it. "A little while later, after | had
bound up my bruised knee" says the
fishermna, 81 went down the river and
began to cast again. I'll be consarned
if | didn't get that same fish on my
hook again and landed him." He has
the fish as evidence. He knew the big
steelhead on account of having pulled
off part of one of its fins when it
slipped away from him the first time.
bill" Baker and Judge Derby, using
Bud lmholz and Allyn Buttons ponies,
rode into the Clear Fork district, about
IL miles from the confluence of the
West Fork and Lake Branch, Sunday.
Fishing there is all that man can
desire, says Judge Derby. I'VE were
fishing only short time, but Bill
and landed SO good ones." MIR. Derby |
bought a basketful of fine fish home
and on Monday his friends enjoyed
crisp, fried trout.
Roy DuX and c. B. Harper returned
Sunday from week spent On the West
Fork. They both had good luck. How
ever, strange noises at night, causing
them to think a bear was on ram
page, made them abandon the earth
for the trees on one occasion. They
never did discover what caused the
noise, although it was possibly a wood
rat.
Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Franz and Mr..
and Mrs. G. A. Molden have been
on the West Fork.
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