California Fish and Game 



"CONSERVATION OF WILD LIFE THROUGH EDUCATION" 



Volume 5 SACRAMENTO, OCTOBER, 1919 Number 4 



CONTENTS. 



Page 



SOME NOTES ON DRY-FLY FISHING R. L. M., California 160 



NOTE ON THE HABITS AND USE OF THE SMALL SAND CRAB 



(EMERITA ANALOGA) Frank W. Wei/nwuth 171 



GAJNIE CONDITIONS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THIRTY-FIVE 



YEARS AGO M. Hall McAllister 172 



A CASE OF DESTRUCTION OF PISMO CLAMS BY OIL 



Frank W. Weymouth 174 



ACCUSATIONS AND THE DEFENSE— 



The Eden Resolution and a Reply 17(5 



editorials 187 



facts of current interest 195 



commercial fishery notes 196 



notes from the state fisheries laboratory 200 



conservation in other states 204 



life history notes 205 



united states forest service co-operation 206 



reports- 

 Seizures 207 



Fishery Products, April, May, June, 1919 208 



Violations of Fish and Game Laws 210 



Expenditures 211 



INDEX 213 



SOME NOTES ON DRY-FLY FISHING. 



By R. L. M., California. 



There is really no mystery in connection with dry-fly fishing; 

 everybody who has fished with the wet fly must have noticed that the 

 first time that a new or dry-fly is cast on the water, that it remains 

 on the surface ; in other words, it floats. As soon as the fly becomes 

 wet it ceases to float and thus becomes a wet fly. Now, dry-fly fishing 

 merely consists in keeping the fly dry, and if it should become wet, 

 of drying it with as little loss of time as possible. 



Owing to more or less recent discoveries, several aids have been 

 found which greatly assist the fisherman in keeping his fly from 

 becoming waterlogged. The most important of these is the "oil tip." 

 The honor of this discovery belongs to the late Thomas Andrews, of 

 Surrey, England, who obtained it from Colonel Hawker, a descendant 

 of Colonel Peter Hawker (Diary 1802-53; "Hints to Young 

 Sportsmen"). "Odorless paraffine" is the fluid generally mentioned. 

 This is not always easy to obtain. However, there is another oil that 

 from my own personal experience is equally efficacious. I refer to 

 the well known and useful "3 in 1." The best method of applying 

 "3 in 1" to a fly is to dip the fly in the oil, then lay it on a piece of 



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