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Show FEW ANGLERS GET LARGE STRINGS; MANY NOTHING heavy rain in the canyon and as far as can be learned no fish were taken. William Blngley, a deputy Ash and game warden, who went up Parley's canyon yesterday morning said he failed, to land a single fish, owing to the muddy condition of the stream. Mr. Bingley declared that every one who went to Parley's came back early and much disappointed. Al Cowan and W. W. Mitchell have gone to Provo canyon for a couple of days of fishing. They will go to the head waters, where the water Is clear.- H. W. Shipler has gone to East creek to put In his time fishing. No reports have come from there, as to the condition condi-tion of the stream. Charles 6. Wilkes, an automobile dealer, and George E. Hanning, a friend of his hailing from Denver, went out to the fishing grounds yesterday forenoon and tried their luck. Mr. Wilkes reports the proverbial fisherman's fisher-man's success, wet feet and a hungry stomach, but his friend was more fortunate. for-tunate. After fifteen minutes laborious casting he dragged at tiny flsh.about six Inches long from its native haunt, and was quite elated with his success. Mr. Wilkes reports fishermen . In abundance, but fish as scarce as hen's teeth. Provo River and Little Cottonwood Furnish the Best Rewards to Early Sportsmen. The first day of the fishing season,' which opened yesterday, while not productive pro-ductive of the success anticipated by many, resulted In a few excellent catches. , Many of the streams are still high and I muddy, owing to the recent rains and the late melting of the mountain snows, but Provo river and Little Cottonwood seem to have yielded a reasonable reward re-ward to skillful and persevering anglers. All sportsmen anticipate that within a week the opportunities for capture of the speckled beauties will be greatly Improved. Im-proved. 1 J. W. Shipler caught nineteen trout ranging from eight to seventeen Inches in length out of East Canyon creek, about a half mile from Gargazo yesterday. yester-day. He reports that stream swollen with much feed In the water. A number num-ber of fishermen spent the day on the creek, he says, but the best catch made aside from his was six. Al W. Cowan made the best catch that has been reported. He succeeded in landing thirty-five Eastern brook trout from the stream In Provo canyon near Charleston. There were a number of boys from ! 0 ONE nSHEBMAN "WAS FOBTUNATE ENOUGH ' TO CATCH TWO TB0TJT. George Tremayne, who opened the ! fishing season in Mill Creek canyon, was more fortunate than most of the anglers who went out yesterday. Tremayne returned with two small victims, Charleston fishing with bait in that vicinity, vi-cinity, he reports, and they caught a good many eighteen-inch fish. v W. W. Mitchell also met with success on the Provo stream. He brought two baskets full home with him and among them were two very large ones. The Eastern brook trout were planted only two seasons ago, bat seem to have grown and multiplied rapidly. Both Mr. Mitchell and Mr. Cowan say they furnish excellent sport and have a delicious de-licious flavor. Frank Y. Taylor fished on Little Cottonwood Cot-tonwood with flies and made a good catch. He says the water was roily and the fish were biting better at bait than at flies. N. T. Johnson also made a fairly good catch on Little Cottonwood. C. C. Penrose spent the afternoon on Big Cottonwood between State street and the smelter dam. As far as can be learned he made the record catch on that stream, landing twenty-one fish, all of fair size. There were about forty men and boys Ashing in the same vicinity. Some of them slept on the bank of the stream Sunday night and fished all day yester-' day without getting a fish. The water was muddy and the trout would not rise at all. Those who used angle worms and sinkers succeeded in getting quite a number fish. George Manning caught fourteen trout in Big Cottonwood, among them being an unusuany large one which broke the record of the day for size. Many who expected to fish in Big Cottonwood Cot-tonwood between smelter dam and Tenth East were disappointed. The stream was closed three years ago between be-tween these points with the understanding understand-ing that it would be opened this season. It is also saM that it was given out by the fish commissioners several days ago that the stream would be opened this season.- . . Wnen the fishermen arrived on the scene yesterday, however, they were confronted with signs forbidding: fishing and a small army of game wardens armed to the teeth. John C. Sharp occupied the greater part of the day landing one fish. He sustains his reputation, however, by saylng-that it was a large one. Parley's was muddy on account of a |