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Show Trout1 Fishing in Ohio Tops Sdys Al Day v Westerners naturally are rather proud of their trout fishing, but according to one national figure, Al Day, U. 8. Fish and Wildlife chief) the best trout fishing stream in the country la not In the weat In fact It is in a state where there isn't supposed to be any trout Ohio. Day la planning on atopplng there to meet hla 10-year-old son for a few days of fishing . . . possibly to relax from arguing with duck hunters week after week. He has the practically impossible im-possible Job of trying to satisfy the duck hunters and at the same time keeping the duck population at a safe level. " This stream where Day fishes in Ohio must be terrific, complete with a fish retrieving dog. It is a fishing club, organized for almost a century and the trout grow big and scrappy. The dog actually retrieves re-trieves your fish, saving yon the trouble of using a net, the fish and wildlife chief reports, Another bit of propaganda most people accept as fact was blasted at lobby conversations at the conference con-ference of game and fish commissioners. commis-sioners. Most people think that the Golden trout Just can't be found anywhere but In the High Sierra country of California. At least California tub thumpers keep insisting in-sisting this Is so. But S. A. Christensen of Evans-ton, Evans-ton, Wyo a former member of the fish and game commission up there, says they have Goldens up above Pinedale that make the California Cali-fornia brand look like midgets. , "We have one hanging In the governor's - office that weighed nine pounds,'' Christensen said And that ought to put California la its place, which considers a two pounder a whale In the Golden trout claaa. Many times la conventions such as this one, speakers Insist they have been misquoted. It won't be hard to prove one .way or the other this lime tor Irmanil Oarr of the Utah fish and game department depart-ment la making recordings of all major talks. Sometimes the boys stray a little from their prepared talks, butt arr! little gadget Is getting it all down on wax. . ., Wants to Betura Seth Gordon, Pennsylvania's director, di-rector, has pressing business fore-' lng him to return east right after tho confab, but he hopes to get back boob and pick up on some flahing. r His promise of political help from eastern congressmen on problems affecting the west drew about the biggest applause of the convention so far. Kenny .Martin of the Oregon state fish and game commission, who went to Oregon to aohool from Southern California, married a Utah girl up there and decided that Oregon waa the place for him, has a tough Job facing him next week. . Big argument In Oregon right now la whether the . bureau of reclamation will put In a series of dams In the Rogue river, famed throughout tha world for Its steel-head steel-head and Its scenery. "We're ready for a battle and we think that we win aava this great stream," says Martin. |
