ISO 



The American Angler 



are fresh and free of soil and vegeta- 

 tion, as if deposited but yesterday. 



Near the mouth of each caiion the 

 front end of the retreating glacier halt- 

 ed for many a year, and piled up a great 

 transverse row of bowlders, gravel and 

 mud. This made a great broad dam, 

 which held back the water and thus were 

 formed the lakes we now see. 



These lakes are quite deep and very 

 beautiful. We have made many sound- 

 ings in several of them. Alturas Lake 

 has a maximum depth of 158 feet ; Pet- 

 tit Lake, 175 feet ; Redfish Lake, 296 

 feet ; while Big Payette Lake is 306 feet 

 deep. Thus, long j^ears ago, as man 



reckons time, but geologically only yes- 

 terday, through the agency of frost and 

 ice, rocky cliffs, and alternate cold and 

 heat, but finally of increasing heat and 

 diminishing cold, were the beautiful 

 lakes and mountain streams prepared 

 for the lusty trout which now abound 

 in them. And should you weary of the 

 streams where you have been wont to 

 tempt the speckled beauties and long 

 for "new fields and pastures green," go 

 to the Sawtooth Mountains. There you 

 will find the gamiest, prettiest, sweetest 

 trout you have ever seen, and in greater 

 abundance than you have ever known 

 before. 



