The San Francisco call. [volume], June 09, 1907, Page 9, Image 9

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SPRIGHTLY WOMEN WHO FISH AND HUNT
WITH RESULTS!
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IKCOSCSISTEXT . though \ It -may,.\-b'e '\u25a0
with popular belief, -it is, neverthe-"
less, true_ that f among - sportsmen
women are not ., outdone by men; in'
enthusiasm. , In numbers, frankly. »yes.
And j-et; who has takon the'trou.bl<rto.
ebtain a census "of women; who; hunt
«nd flsh? Such a census might 'be re
plete with \u25a0'• :\u25a0 t , •- u'-i . \u25a0'\u25a0•\u25a0\u25a0
In one day upon Inquiry I- learned : of
24 women, living either in v San' : Fran--,
Cisco " or within' a 'stone's/ throw.'- "of llt
who handle rod oivgun, ,pr both,: with..'
the beet of men. So'lJuaged.thatthe-,
total number of sportswomen', wtnild
not be - Inconsiderable. ', ' . ' ;' . . " «
It was my privilege to chat : withV a -
«ecen of them. I found; them all; th of- j
cughly interesting:,* all -.enthusiasts, nil \u25a0
avowedly- more enthusiastic" about,- the
rpecial sport of, their, likinsr than -any:
other material interest; all marriedTand''
all,' with a Eingle ; exception, " anglers
whether th ey were -versed ; In ; shobtlnc
or not. ; \u25a0 v-
A?so they were the wives', of fsports-,
men. /,That naturally, made -me '. wonder : '
irn«th.er,t they • had : > known; . 1 apythlnis.'
about casting flies' and" sighting "along 1 '
the barrel cf ' a gun ; before j theyjlost'
tb'eir, maiden names. •"- Most^of ,'• them
cad. some. had not-.': .Therefore- we; may.
Snfer that- the husbands; were- -acces-.
eorles after the fact rather , 'than ' before. .
But ; whether " a - girl ''casting ? her* lot 1 ;
with a : nenenthusiasUc-Jjusbaiid; would',
not toon Cnd herself .-laying . aside, hei*
brown "\u25a0' Palmers,' , . her. ;' royal '/coachmen! ,
her grizzly - kings ) and T all^"the'TotheraJ
that she was won t^ to { .cast;so adroitly!
over^ the waters^ 'in'^the^ days jof *' s her»
freedom: Is ; sjiotircr'<;ycstien----.Yct,i wbyj
! ; ~- launch-, upon -."The 'Unknown' .TragoVlJns
"of . an ."Angling^^Fair.'V— or^vi-Vrds) to ; tliatv
i • effect? vs Such, traced Jesi'wcre-.bctte'r.rict ;
i'<- alone, v-:- }'.'\u25a0 i'/-"^^V. v."V~IT :^--V' ~". '\u25a0'\u25a0'\u25a0\u25a0 **£
• '•' Mrs.' WV< W. -Richards,' yl:h o.«o home is >.
p .:,_ now; in /Oakland, ; spends ; no. -.pa rt"! of 'illie j
; in cities : that time'ljctweea^
\u25a0;• theJcloshigi-'Of '. duck » t season' and tlio
: jOpenlngT'Of - trout- flshinV.va sp&V<v off a*
1 and-a r haif:%The~ordiha"ry"thinsV\
-of her life are travellnir." fishing:, shoot--
"ingrlj yachting^; an^' music. ; ;J :-""-' '
' ... Fishing r ; has v bfcen •'- second •"n at lire f t<>T
7h'cr,' f her-first;lesson'bciug'learned'.T\-h'eri^
;' shV;vras f 1 4|an d(con ten t '.wi t h .' dan gfia^3
* a^bent'pln'inVthe pool. \u25a0 O«o\vadaj's }K:r'. :
i.rod 7 fof^trout;is al4a 1 4 «J oiinoo.r ol ght>To*nt-^
\u25a0iflyJ-rod.be.arlnK''tlVe'inamV/*l3iizabe't
y Richards oii the'eork^butt.,. For narro-.v.'
.- streams she, uses ; a -"steel, rod/ but-pre-.i
: fers.fishlngr.'writh'thelighter.'one. '"' \u25a0\u25a0' :'-t':'
t ' .•*'. She" is' essentially "a ;'\u25a0 fly'!; fisherman^
; j and ; aY scrupulous J oiic, ; rs - is" : shown . by"
' ' the \variety of .flies inrlier . books: ."vrcll;
. fllledj just nowVwlth \ the 'openih'tr^bf the
' season. -V She , has * fished *at. ' B\g t-ilead -, •
r' otts; » in all .', the creeks | the vicinity v
'of Santa Cruz^ the .Tr'uckee \u25a0 river, ; Paper '
'_\u25a0 "MllLxfeek; 'and; has ; : flsh'ed.\fqro pickerel"'
, in; Connecticut.- ago { she
. caught. -a: great \trput fat " Bis* Meadows v
• witn -a." 1 splnner,'"ithe ! '-waterj beins-vTvry.*;'
"- ' "I :.;: thoroughly .''..'enjoy^v fishlng.V^said \
•:',' : MxBr.Ricbajrdsr ;."I, believe that'.riih^ .are',':
A conEidered * oti - tlio -'lowest '\u25a0 border * "'of '
'^created "and ', so .I^do.inot.*feel*
'•that^there-is^any-harm^la-'the: pport.'
•.especially as • \y« \ always>kiir«.theroHm
,'Jmediately.:;. SI;S I; twade', bright", -into >ttie^i
,\ 6treams\ wi th \u25a0 niy :'. h Igh ts *and*k' hak i^'
suj[ t,"£ and i'w c ea'n ,U h e ;"'fish f also} in * the*
3". streams iWhen*poM>ible. .• Z'-'~. . l v : J .^? c
--\u25a0. • y \u25a0--. .\u25a0/•'.j'.f:::r>;,'.. ! .iv'-*'i.'.' t .'»--'<yiM), 1
;:.\u25a0-' "I * ne\:t;r r<3 |t(l,any^ilioo Un'e;* t unTfril£tt%
/shootJiigijat^C^yris^^^
have; <lorfe s yfsrpa^deal^o^^
:'.- /-\u25a0•\u25a0\u25a0• >.\u25a0•: \u25a0\u25a0-..v.v-^'--'v^-*^vW-^~S^
, y o iiii g • hii rt is w obi an fan i \more vja \ hunt«?
\u25a0\u0084 : hunxin % £ t r j p oVas;", tak en *, r in T, r I S 9 o,^, v.'"hne ji'
j tITc 5 - Country.Voiiib?'^ for!
f tpn .<\u25a0 years _^ she^lias,yjiimtca^vU^i»h^r {
; .!&ie,f but' fiis '"'.Pflde in\tire'?k}i!inV ; .out-.
•, quail* shooting • iicr jspoftsman ? s^,biood :
• lioyvririany^of •" them she, has^goti o'hr the"'
c wl n s I n ;' a ; d a y : : v 1v 1 ;•\u25a0•;.''' i \u25a0 « '\u25a0 ;* v i.>s:ti'' H "«.* 'p, »\u25a0 *• U
! ;* j Jn^J u\ j«.?pf^ t jiis^yiaV^irs^CJprk » J^U?
•' gro;with > her :^.Husband~7Whpin : fc»lls
-_ a > scientlflc vfisherman^in^cohtradlitiric-"!
r.tion'.^ to ; f J*hcrse'lf,' !! iAbeln^';*' raodest^—tq.
-; Weber r" jake,-^, vviliere.^.they.";' hav^'*; fished"
-, f or t > thei las t 4 th ree^ y ears.T, Sjife •, is t-pae^
'J tleulariy^'fond ?of j flshinsf^tjbos'e i*a\ers}
\ Slie^hds 5 also) flsiie^ : for aalm6nTa!tl SantaT
,'; Cr uz-^an4 ' v Mop tens y/jV; ljfer j 4iistlaiiv'*oC
: jtrollingils : iunlimitedl I 'iSfteScanhot^find''
to^eiTpressvireVs^t^at^mrafio^
: Vft.' ;%rie^caij^Ut^Chiild^i^ %}*s*'< sayaT
.i| they;: use *a/I Vr ejj-uiaf ' TOpV*»Aat 'iTahoe, i
rconsld*?s>it*"rto*,fli(hinj: "**t-alL"'V^ ;;.*• v>
;,; (.^Th? ; ..Misses^* ADltaiVand^Geri«ivJeye
v' Harvey'^ 1 and rMisa t(^ock'er/>have
1 .
jc timer f<m thes deo^huntine^ at|the^Goui).^.
4 try*-: d ud.- h From Ja 'i p hysical I standpeih t,:
i-TVOs 1 . h€r./jTahlt*for iniany^j'oarßi-tOiSctv
iout sf or/ tjip? n gr-' Sf <•" I** 1 or ? c »\u25a0'
i. and 'Jivu'ggj^/f ' Wt.tKii^^,r^asonQble*«djs^;|
, Siicji^^aiul.y, Jier^C* us^S d al,V|f j poa -V"
",s lble^ax iifio r§j^ t!tu|!is Ue < ah gl e^>t han|
?u n it'a^i pc spend •>
Sg Sbm^' of j her- * avorlte-? fishing Bji^vhas i
• found^at^ pescadeTO, ?: La fHonda; : ; Santa X
i.Cr uz.v In 4t Ke^ Slerraf^vWhth* d McCloud ;
ia^d^acr^ni^pt^fat^Wfebef^'a^iKlSe^
\u25a0 pfenaencel lajteiand Vat -.Catalihai^Mrara
JLeviston jlovcsStßa?c6untryi j;tOi T ifWosJi?
shef-, flshiiw? ha? led? heri quite t a»J much/5
;; < b_ut^ot ? raore^Bhe^iM^»ts.^tluin;,tJ^?ltth^
\u25a07ins^uVeii's^TheVi^utyi/o'3r^^iri&^i?4
s the 4 : stream ij^lsp fappwds ?.toj her. r^*Bh«s
• has ,made-S(?nieio?.hero^niflles.^-wblchv
is 5 , althlng rcaufrinir.-ffriftatlmantDilfdpU^?;
\^d?^nf,i(esth^^Jfim]iyX^any^v>>
fis^lnff.'J on&j^earl agr'o.^was^
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