Show Water Protest Lodged d dBy By Game Fish-Game Moguls An official protest from the state fish ish and game department has been jeen lodged with the Provo River Water Users' Users because of the shutting of off of the water out of Deer creek dam darn and thus practically practically cally drying up the Provo river riverfront front from Tom the dam to Utah lake Ro Ross s Leonard state fish and game ame director in a letter to T. T S. S Wentz commissioner of th water users' users users's association s pointed out the difficulty in providing adequate fIshing waters for the anglers of this his state and requested that a constant flow now be maintained in the river iver Marion Madsen fisheries chief hief for or the state department pointed out ut that fish life is precarious In streams where the flow fluctuates greatly such as it does now in the lower ower Provo The lower Provo river for years has as been one of the finest fishing spots pots in the nation The natural feed eed there allowed the fish to grow rapidly and the feed was so EO abundant abundant dant ant th that t it would support almost Innumerable trout While the stream always has been difficult for the novice angler anglero to o fish successfully those who have taken aken the patience to learn the stream tream and the proper lures have taken aken hundreds of big fish out of It t. t But as Leonard pointed out if f the water vater users insist on drying up the river at times it will be Impossible to keep the fishing anywhere anywhere anywhere any any- where near what it should be I |