and the turbulent Rogue, 38 miles J go places and do things in his weeks ? The reporter has been ab
to the north, in Oregon. \\ ith the, own "steelhead** wav
sent because of an injured ankle.
exception of the deep w inter sea-
<
Last Monday the assistant sta te
son. when most stream s are roiled tio n . th __., sincere word of cau *
too much for the fish to see the
, 7 ? ’ ?n '< , ° ne. .« “> ,‘° club leader, Miss Helen Cowgill,
lures, salm on may be taken in L“ " ®. , 7
.
u
% 7 visited the 4-H clubs here. She
was assisted by Mrs. R. M. Knox,
e ith e r one or all of the four u T v e r .B ed h n
T
torrents. They are mostly of two 7 7 ? , 7 ± K t
° T of Gold Beach. They inspected
fhetco and Winchuck types, the Chinook or kings, or ^ 7 . ™ e.s . bcfokre ,‘7 . anRle,r
tu
u .u of t which, u in u s rpk
ta - rts thinking 7 . about
his creel, t
Rivers Offer Angler
the v Silvers,des. e both
t
*
»-I xl Ih,s involves lots of line, lots of
season
journey upcoas until they , paGence an(| m e n |a , saturation
Best Net Returns
7 "7 r'7
T T " * °L
“7 7 w ith ,h e fa ct ,h a ‘ a steelhead
his (,wn
,
'urn- county is internationally w a te r off-shore from the mouths has notions
of
th
eir
home
stream
s,
turning
ble
of
(
them
,
for its natural recreational
right m th eir courses and. a fte r riRht up t0 thR moment h(, ceasps
itures.
hey have adjusted then systems
be
tla l, ahve steelh ead ,
(Therewr sportsmen g a t h e r
o the different w a te r en ter the
steelh ead , likt> salmon
'll eventually filter out all
areas in favor of this cri- low er reaching for a day or two, taken jn the upper reaches of any
fu,rT ,e r acclim ation un til they of the strea m s ln thp h e a d w a te r;
, of outdoor interests, for
to county they are absolutely I
T a w n in g “
Wh‘Ch ’he5' ”
sA nd in “ " " I
L of their best chances in pit- 2T
, ‘ ,
tneir spawning, passage upstream they a ttra c t,
W r angling skill with sev- The£ . sc.hools a ^ us” ally a^ om‘ myriads of al sizes of trout, eager
their angn g
Ipam ed by sm aller jack-salmon,
species of salmon and the the males, which range around to feast on the surplus eggs which J
hungest fish of all ocean-wild 10 pounds, and are also mighty drift away from the nests the
Ihead’ These run in all o u r
‘
‘
,
* larger fish thrash out of the
ea and J hardly
u a z4i one a « OI
z one
vwzv, US of
zvf I ,ic
upwards
---ViorHlv
►
puts
us! i,ne fi*sh. Chinooks,
......... .
“*7;------ of stream beds in which to deposit
I what lives within easy w alk- ; 50 P°Unds- a r<'
at all uncom- their eggs These trout, in turn,
distance of their haunts. And] ™ n t ^ ouKh
is prob- can venture s tin fu rth e r upstream
know there’s nothing b e tte r in ably c!ose t0‘ 25 P°unds- and everJ for the deposit of th eir own eggs,
way of good food than thick, th at size fish comprises a lot ol frequently passing up for miles
j slab of Chinook, fresh from th at fundam ental known in the above where the larger fish are
! sea. be it fresh from the v ernacular as grub. Salmon are excluded because of th eir size,
m ostly from slowly troll-! This reproduction factor m akes
1
nned or smok- taken
ing the lower stream s from a angling, far hack into the country,
by some thrifty housewife.
bota m ut many are taken in cast an attractiv e pursuit and, back
or < it artificially colored.
ing lures from the bank at the there, fish of acceptable propor
For the angler who is w illing to
extrem e mouth or “jaw s” of the tions may l>e had from alm ost
he his car and bike a piece
stream s. Salmon do not entirely every little trickle.
ere are literally hundreds of
confine th eir spawning to the
There are three common vari-
reams where trout may he had
id we write feelingly when we larg er stream s. This w riter has eties of trout in the a re a : the so
iled ¡ full pan of sizzling fish I •'5een Quite respectable fish taken called “native.” entirely silvery,
»iy a comma to a hard day! ^rom >’a rd *wlde creeks w h o s e and often denominated as a mon-
This entrancing sport.
' m ouths save proper egress in grel closely crossed with steel-
la the immediate vicinity of from thc sea'
head: 1he cut-throat, likewise a
fixings or Harbor a r e the
In most of the coastal stream s, silvery one, hut vv ith the typical
ietco. and the smaller. Win-1 steelhead run. This is the same red slash under his chin, and the j
rivers. These both have fish, which, when confined in in- imported, spotted, E astern Brook
e.r ryn of salmon in season, land lakes is known as the land- trout. But the average angler is
k though- the runs are some- locked salmon but when so con- not* especially p a rticu la r and is
at smaller in number and o f' fined he becomes a short, chunky, just as pleased with successfully
ertd duration than larger riv- individual which would certainly taking one species as another.
they still number into the be spurned by his sleek, dynamic Rainbows are sometimes taken
tousands of q u i t e “tolerable” i brothers who fight their way up- and will, on the average, be quite
Should there be reasons why stream through the whitest of a hit larger than the other v a ri
local resident finds the fish- w ater. There is no use at all in eties.
For the tru e angler there are
urge upon him and doubts trying to s e t ‘down ir. black and
no
stream s in the area which will
percentage on these two riv-1 w hite the jerk, both m ental and
s- he has easy access to la rg e r physical, a tru e angler experienc- not yield good catches. A well-laid
feams—the Smith River, in Cal-! es when he ties into steelhead, re- fly under the overhanging brush
nia. being 10 miles to the gardless of size, fresh in from the along any of our stream s, early
teth and Pistol River. 24 miles'* sea and chuck full of notions to in the morning, or when the sun
is slanting low. will eventually be
rewarded with those big wise ones
the less-experienced fisherm an
will not dream to be lurking in
such spots.
But all the fish taken h ere
Have you seen the 1 0 0 Wool Plaid
abouts don’t necessarily come in
the stream s. Rock fishing, in the
seas, pays good dividends in a
variety of fine sea food. Sea trout,
Also the “Rootny Richard
kelp fish, lyng and rock cod,
perch, and potpourri, or other
finny salt-w ater fish may be had
from almost any point along the
rocky coast. For those who might
venture out in a boat, on a calm
Templar Building, Brookings
day, off-shore, there are larg er
fish to be had—red snapper, cod.
Nothing for every member of the family!
halibut, and sea-caught salmon. J
among others.
At low tide dividends are paid
in the form of clams, both of the
b u tter variety, and larg er ones
which are locally known as “quo-
haugs” or horse clams, and here
clam s a re taken by those who
and there are beaches where razor
A LARGE SHIPM ENT OF
know their haunts and habits.
Any one of these shellfish m ake
MHAMHCt!
a delightful variant in the d ie t.'
Now and then a crab or two m ay
be found isolated in a rock crev
For Every Purpose
ice when the tide has fooled him.
T here’s hardly a m an alive, and
lots of women, too, who yearn for
the combination of circum stances
th at will allow them enjoym ent in
fishing. Mostly, they’re too far
1 from where fish may be had. H ere
are fish all about and here no
sooner is the urge felt than the
angler can be fishing, e ith er in
stream or sea, with more than
ordinary' chances th at surprising
ly soon a fte r the urge they’ll be
tied into something th a t will both
satisfy the desire and digestion.
shing In Curry
ninty Best In
acific Coast A rea
the work we have done so far, and
offered helpful suggestions.
W'e plan to have our 4-H sew
ing work practically finished by
the end of school. We are going
to exhibit our work at the P.-T.
A. meeting. May 3.
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