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Excerpt from California for the Sportsman: Being a Collection of Hints as to the Haunts of the Wild Things of Hoof, Claw, Scale and Feather of California's Land and Water Many of the best places for the spring and summer fishing for small steelhead and trout are close to San Francisco and can be fished adequately in a Saturday evening to Monday morning trip. Aside from streams actually reaching the coast, there are many in the valleys of the North Bay region. Meaning the counties immediately north of San Francisco Bay, that hold trout for the catching the year round. On the eastern shore of the southern arm of San Francisco Bay are several streams. At Sunol, on the railroad, is Alameda Creek, and, close by, Calaveras and Indian creeks. These are easily reached by a team, accommodations can be had at Sunol, and the best fishing is in April and May. Many of these waters are the property of a water-supply corporation which conserves the fishing rights. The higher waters of Calaveras Creek may be readily reached from Milpitas, a little farther south on the railroad than Sunol. About six miles from Milpitas, where accommodations and teams may be had, the Calaveras runs through a deep and wild gorge known as the Arroyo Honda. Few fish this fine stretch of rugged country, as it is necessary to take three or four days for the trip and camp in the ravine. The fishing is excellent, the fish of good size. May and June are the best months here. The scenery in the gorge is romantically picturesque. Stevens Creek. Emptying into the bay at the head of the southern arm, is a good provider. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.