American Big Game in its Haunts 



a Parmachenee belle, kept us well supplied with 

 steelheads and speckled trout, which were plenti- 

 ful in the clear waters of a wandering trout brook 

 running through a meadow below the camp. 



A calm evening came finally, and we paddled 

 down the last lake, some three miles, to the famous 

 pool. 



There were the salmon swarming below the fall, 

 and many constantly in the air on their upward 

 journey, but the eagles perched high on the dark 

 spruces, closing in the swirling water, were all they 

 had to fear. There were no bears and no fresh 

 bear signs. It was an ideal spot, this salmon pool, 

 but a feast for the eyes only, as the red salmon will 

 not rise to a fly. Even Tchort looked disconsolate 

 on our track back to Ozinka. 



About July 10 there is usually a run of dog sal- 

 mon, and not much later another of humpbacks. 

 The dog salmon grow to be about twice as large 

 as the red salmon, and often weigh 12 pounds. 

 They are much more sluggish than the red fish, 

 and as they prefer the small shallow streams, be- 

 come an easy prey for the bear. The humpback 

 fish are fatter and better eating even than the red 

 salmon, but are somewhat smaller. 



The red fish never ascend a stream which has 

 not a lake on its upper waters for spawning. The 



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