The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-04-22
TROUT TO COST
MORE THIS Year
Prices of Fishing Material
Increased by War to
Big Extent.
BUT SPORTS BETTER
Angling Will Be Improved
Through Efforts of
Association.
BUT SPORTS BETTER

Even game IlSl nave faiIen under
the spell Of war time prices and will
this year cost the angler more than
in former times. The increase will
mot be an advance in the price per
pound of trout, but in the cost of tackle
wherewith the trout are to be caught
Practically every article of the fishing
outfit has advanced in price since last
year as a result of the war.
Silk and certain kinds of gut are
used by the government in the con.
struction of aeroplanes and other war
machines to such an extent that manu-
facturers of flies and leaders are with
out supplies. The result has been a
decided advance in the price OF these ar
ticles. The cost of flies in Missoula
is approximately 20 per cent above that
of last year. while leaders have under
gone an even greater increase, costing
about 20 per cent more than they did
Il year ago. Missoua is fortunate de-
spite this fact. for reports from other
parts of the state and the country show
that 1t Is the exception for any dealer
to have complete stock of flies.
Baskets Also Higher.
Leather and wicker are also on the
list of war utilities SO that the price
OF baskets in the local market has in
creased in the neighborhood of IS per
cent. The price of bamboo poles has
gone up at corresponding rate.
The governments demand for steel
has raised the price on steel poles and
reels. Reels that in 1916 cost $3.50 are
this year selling at So Similar is the
increase In the price of steel poles.
lines. f1ybooks. landing nets-in fact
every article used in fishing is higher
than 1t was a year ago.
Even Licenses Cost More.
Nor does the high cost of fishing
stop here. The license which in 1916
cost 81. has undergone an advance in
cost of SO per cent. No one fishes
today who does not own an automobile
and here again expenses have come up.
Gasoline has advanced and tires have
Gasoline has advanced and tires have
spring a year ago.
Better Fishing Promised.
But II fishing is going to cost more
this season, SO Is It going to be better
fishing, according to all predictions.
& Yesterday Thomas. NJ Marlowe brought
from the Bitter Root river seven fine
trout which he caught there in the
hours after supper. Chick" White
has been doing his spring fishing and
has brought to town some good evil
dence of the promise of the season.
Mr.. Marlowe, president of the West
ern Montana Anglers association. said
yesterday:
There Is only one department Of
fishing which does not cost more than
it did year ago. That Is member
ship In the association. That re-
mains at the same price as it was last
year. the year before and ever since
it's organization.
To Plant Fry This Year.
Il think that we will have a good
season this year." Mr.. Marlowe said
Yesterday. we arc beginning the
Planting OF trout in the streams in
western Montana now. This of course
will not influence the fishing of this
summer, but it means that there will
be good fishing a few years from now.
But as evidence of the kind of fishing
we will get this summer I will say
that in the last few years we have
planted many hundreds of cans Of fry
in the streams around here. Last
year we planted ii9 cans. each can
holding. ! should say, about $500 fish.
1T Is to the planting Of these fish
that c~ry cent Of the associations
money goes. When VIC get a shipment
of fry from one hatchery or another,
- ~. =,
automobiles and it is to this end that
we use the membership fees.
Wants More Members.
We are going to get a large mum
Der of shipments of fry this season.
and for this reason l hope tAat the
membership of the association will be
Increased. We are offering list OF
prizes for membership campaigners,
The member obtaining the creates,
number of new memberships will re-
ccive "A fishing rod donated by the Mis-
soula Mercantile company. The sec
ond prize will be fishing rod. given by
Sam Dawson. Other prizes are ]
leather bound basket given by the
Reinhard Hardware company, a fly
book given by Frank Hogan. an au.
tomato reel given by II. II. Bateman
a landing net given by Al Riel a sill
line given by the Mcdonald Hardware
company, fly book given by over
Kelley.
We are going to obtain fry from
the government hatchery at Bozeman
and from the state hatchery at Ana
conda, this year. Both hatcheries art
going to deliver to us literally and tht
work of the association will go ahead
as usual"