ANGLING EXTRAORDINARY 



The greatest of all steelhead rivers is the Rogue 

 River of Oregon. The fish there run up to ten or 

 twelve pounds at times and specimens of half that 

 weight are by no means unusual. The Rogue River 

 itself is one of the most beautiful rivers in all the 

 world and passes through a mountain valley which 

 is fairly to be called one of the beauty spots of the 

 earth's surface. The river is a bold, rushing torrent, 

 alternating rapids and pools indeed an ideal sal- 

 mon river. It has salmon also the silver salmon 

 of the sea, running in weight up to forty, fifty, even 

 sixty pounds. If these fish would take the fly 

 if by any process of human ingenuity they could 

 be coaxed to learn that habit at once Oregon would 

 spring into a fame which would reach to all corners 

 of the world. There is not a more perfect salmon 

 river out of doors than the Rogue River, and bar- 

 ring the king salmon himself, the steelhead is the 

 one fish which ought to and which does occupy 

 these waters. 



Time was when the Rogue River produced steel- 

 heads in any quantity desired. Today there are still 

 enough of the fish to offer fairly successful angling. 

 There are good seasons and bad seasons, depending 

 on the status of net fishing at the mouth of the 

 river. Some of the Oregon towns think that all 

 netting ought to be stopped so that the steelhead 



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