The Washington herald., 1922-05-07
WOODMONT ROD
And GUN CLUB TO
REBUILD HOME
Lets Contract for New
Structure to Cost
$4,000.
MANY FISH PLANTED
Nearby Streams Are Being
Stocked With Bass
And Trout.
MANY FISH PLANTED
By DICK PEED.

The home Of the woodmont Rod
and Gun Club. on the PotorIac above
Iarrers' Ferry. which was destroyed
by fire a few months ago. is to be
Iebuilt. a contract for a new build
ing. TO cost s75.OJ0. being LEI 4 few
days aEo.
The club. one of the most exclu-
'sive and pretentious organizations of
its kind IN Eastern United States.
carries numerous washingtonians on
its roster.
The FIRE occurred late last. fall and
was a total loss. many local sports
men being losers Of expensive fish,
ing tackle and hunting equipment.
Acting Director Leach, ,of the Bu-
reau OF Fisheries. will exhibit and
explain the moving pictures OF salmon
fishing in Alaska and the salvaginS
OF hsh along the Mississippi. TO be
shown at the Sylvan Theater. near
the Washington Monument. the lat
ter part OF this month.
The Potomac Anglers Club has
about completed the spring planting
in the local waters Rainbow trout
TO the number of $4,000 were placed
in Cameron's Run. the springfield
stream that supplies the water for
the city Of Alexandria.
In Goose Creek, w. Mckinney
and J. Powell placed 5000 small
mouth fingerling bass and 10000
brown trout, a species that grows
much larger than the rainbow vari-
ETY.. Historic Bull Run will receive
10000 of the rainbow variety with
in the next week or two, and the
three streams will perhaps be closed
to fishermen at the end of the pres
ent season. to allow the FISH to ma
ture unmolested
The U. s. Fish Commission oficials
state that brook trout are in the up
per waters of Difficult Run in con-
siderable numbers and of good size.
We would suggest that some of the
local trout fishermen try their luck
in the vicinity of Herndon and on
down to within a few miles of the
mJuth OF the stream when the open
season arrives
On a recent trip to the shallow
waters OF the Potomac a short dis
t1nCe above Cabin John Bridge. De-
witt Leach caught four Mississippi
c7tfish that weighed s, 1O1a IL and
/: pounds.
Edgar Lyon has gone to Aquia
creek to spend the summer fishing.
Al RcinberS and Edwin Burroughs
have made extensive repairs on their
I,oathouSe at Catoctin in anticipa-
tion of the opening of the bass sea
son.
The Shenandoah Rod and Gun
Club. with a 2,1OO-acre site on the
south bank % the river near Har-
pers Ferry, - newly formed or
sanization in which several Wash
ingJon sportsmen have recently TAX
en- an interest The land is well
adapted to the intended purposes, and
the promoters are confident of sue
cess for the new organization.
Every year thousands OF rock fish
and plymouth bass are taken along
the seawalI of Potomac Park weigh
ing from two to four ounces. Every
one caught is a violation OF the law
as well as inexcusable destruction
Few real sportsmen want to destroy
a days sport for the small boy.
but when you see big strings of these
game little fellows in the possession
OF a grown-up man, don't you feel
r like prosecuting? In a couple of
years fsh like these will have be-
come two-pounders. and furnish real
sport to the fellow catching them
as well as fine food