ANGLING EXTRAORDINARY 



away surpasses any salmon angling in all the quali- 

 ties of skill and daring required for success is 

 indeed something unique in its own way. It has 

 been the fortune of the writer to fight a forty-pound 

 salmon on the Grand Cascepedia of Quebec, and 

 surely in dignity and splendor there is no sport 

 with the rod entitled to the palm over that form 

 of salmon angling. None the less, it is free of 

 risk and is pursued under conditions of ease and 

 comfort as well as of safety. The excitement lies 

 in the combat between the man and the fish. 



In this Rogue River angling for steelhead, the 

 case is quite otherwise. The combat between man 

 and fish is there, but also the combat between man 

 and Nature Nature bent upon destruction, Nature 

 riotous, dangerous and uncontrolled. For the angler 

 seeking steelheads must take his life in his hands 

 when he wades into that mountain torrent in pur- 

 suit of his sport. There are a few places on the 

 river where a boat can be used, but boat fishing 

 for steelhead is not de rigueur, and indeed is prac- 

 tically unknown. It is wading angling raised to the 

 nth degree. 



I think that of all the angling in the world this 

 is of the highest class in those qualities requiring 

 courage and skill alike the acme of all angling with 

 the fly; and this statement applies not only to ang- 



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