WEDNESDAY. PRfL 16. 1958 Statft Trout Season Kicks Off To Very Slow Start , in County Story and Pictures by GEORGE HARRISON Collegian Photography Editor Opening day of trout season is usually a pretty sad day for fishing worms, hut most of the worms in Centre County were safe yesterday as angling got off to a slow start. Throughout the day the local streams were lined with anglers of all ages including many University students. The story seemed to be the same everywhere. "They just aren't biting today." According to County Fish War den David Dahlgren of Philips burg, the light catch yesterday was due to the cold and high water, although he said that this year's stocking is not up to par. He reported that the entire length of Spring Creek had been stocked including the area around Rock view Penitentiary, where many of the University students tried their luck, Officials at the fish hatchery at Pleasant Gap released the following figures of the num bers of trout stocked in local streams: Spring Creek, 2570; Penn's Creek. 2880; Log an Branch. 660; Elk Creek, 910, and Bald Eagle. 5890—These figures 1 , include all tree species of trout: brown, rook, and rain bow. They rang d from six to 14 inches in lengt . Warden Dahl ren said in-sea son stocking will begin very soon. He said that in some creeks more trout will be stocked during the season than in the pre-seaSon stocking. Worms seemed to be the fav ored lure, although 'some anglers used flies, salmon eggs and min nows. One lucky fisherman with three trout in his creel called sal mon eggs his best bait. Another fisherman stated that in his 22 years of fishing in state streams yesterday was his worst day. In Pennsylvania, each fisher man is allowed a limit of eight trout per day. He is only allowed to keep trout that are six inches or more in length. In addition to trout, many fish ermen reported that they were catching a number of suckers. Penn's Creek is in the national spotlight as featured in the April 7 issue of Sports Illustrated. The magazine tags th stream as one of the three rela t ively unknown streams which are dream havens for the fly-casting, trout fisher man. The author declares that Penn's Creek is rated by a few experts that know it as "The best fly-rod trout water in the East." He states that' the creek has brown and rainbow trout up to seven pounds and "possibly twice that throughout ifs more than 40 miles of trout. water." The stream emerges from Penn's Cave near Bellefonte. The price of a fishing license in Pennsylvania is $3.25. The trout season lasts until Sept. 1. Pershing Rifles Wins Parade Title Company B-5, the University's chapter of the Pershing Rifles, finished first in the parade com petition at the 1958 Cherry Blos som Festival held March 28 in Washington, D.C. The company finished third in the national rill competition. The competition included 43 teams from all parts of the coun try. Company B-5 scored 961 points out of a possible 1000. The winner, Purdue University, scored 978 points. Clemson took second place with 967 points. A Washington television station covered the drill parade for the local audience. Tickets Available For Frosh Dance Free tickets for the, freshman class dance, "April in Blue,' may be- obtained at the lfetzel Union desk or from any freshman class advisory board member. The dance will ,be held Satur day night in the HUB ballroom. Final plans for the dance will be discussed by the advisory board at 8 tonight in 213 Beta.' Union. AIM Board Will Meet The Association of Independent Men Board of Governors will meet at 7 tonight in 203 Hetzel Union to discuss Indie Encamp ment plans, Spring Week and the AIM evaluation. " READY FOR THE FRYING PAN. Robert Wesoloski, freshman in business administration from Creighton, displays his 12-inch rain bow trout that he pulled out of Spring Creek at about 3 p.m. yesterday. STUDENT ANGLERS William Warren, sophomore in forestry from Bradford, and Maynard Nuss, sophomore in forestry from Portage, try their luck in Spring Creek near Rockview Penitentiary yesterday, 3 Awarded Fellowships Thr e e students have been They are Jamei Clegg, senior awarded one-year fellowships for lin zoology and entomology from Boswell; Lawrence Kowalski, sen sl4oo plus tuition by the Wood- for in arts and letters from Hazle row Wilson National Fellowship t on; and George Fleming, senior Foundation. lin physics from State College. eManufactured by fterff-Jones •Wide range of sizes •Durable •Many weights •Garnet, Black Onyx, Ruby eStep in MGR'S today! •Reasonably priced THE DAILY COLLEGIAN!. STATE COLLEGE PENNSYLVANIA y Wilson Foundation Upperclassmen: It's time you ordered your Penn State Class Ring! A (HAW rog ". , • %. * . Le