Show c q FRANK K BAKER BAKER- Because the high water has kept the thc stream fishing Discouraging the opening of the lakes Saturday will probably probably probably ably hold an unusually strong fascination for Utah anglers I Fish lake and Strawberry reservoir are expected to be popular desti destinations s of the outward-bound outward Izaak Waltons l b but ut uch such favorite haunts as Mirror lake and its adjoining waters in the high Will vill not be readily accessible for fora a few more days Deep snow still blocks the roads and trails into the Uin- Uin jah ah country but if the present warm weather continues the road load to Mirror lake should be passable by the last week this mon month tho It is possible now to drive within a few cit city blocks of Tyrol lake but the timbered country is still covered with too much snow for the trip to be recommended Camping would not be inviting in the water-soaked water sur sur- ro 1 i Roy Thompson drove up the Mirror lake road Wednesday Wed Wed- to the thc foot elevation before encountering impassible i snow v banks The pass along the shoulder of Bald mountain into the Mirror lake valley is nearly a at t thousand feet higher and about four miles from where Thompson hompson had to to turn back Thompson and some of his companions plan to hike over this last stretch this week week-e week end but abut unless one is prepared to make the best of a wet climb he will be wise to stay out o oj the Mirror lake country for at at least another week Those who have ventured far into the this spring come back with vivid explanation of why the streams are are vollen as they have been bee this year Approximately two weeks ago Carty Clegg snow in inspector inspector inspector in- in for the association served by the Provo river reported 67 inches of snow at Tyrol lake e. e This week Thompson found that reduced to less than a foot This rapid IncIting melting explains the great volume of of- water vater that has converted of the streams into rushing rushing rushing rush rush- ing torrents High waters have been over the banks of the Weber river below Holliday park and threatened to sweep out several small bridges on the road to the park This increased water supply is most encouraging in contrast contrast contrast con con- to last years year's drouth especially at Strawberry reservoir where the water is about ten feet higher than it was a year ago according to E. E H. H Smith who has a cabin at the spillway Fishing at the reservoir is still overshadowed by the prospect of continued warfare between the association asso asso- clation on and sportsmen over the projected cent 50 fee iee for all masculine anglers over 16 years of age Members of the association declare they are prepared to collect the extra fee despite the ruling of the at attorney attorney at- at torney generals general's office that the sportsmen need not pay it The state fish and game license is sufficient the states state's legal authorities ruled Average sportsmen however will probably hesitate to make a fight of or it and many will prefer to pay rather than engage in any sort of bitter argument and thereby risk the of becoming principles in some sort of a legal test case Strawberry reservoir fishing will be a alot lot more happier happier happier hap hap- pier once this uncertainty has lias been removed with some kind of a definite settlement |