SALMON-FISHING IN OKEGON. 483 



The siscowet is eminently an angler's fish ; rising gener- 

 ously to the fly, and like the winninish, or great northern 

 char, it averages in weight from three to nine pounds. It 

 will also take a feathered squid, and vies with the large 

 brook trout in the northern part of Lake Superior, for both 

 its offer of sport, and its superior edible qualities. 



SECTION SECOND. 

 THE CALIFOKNIA SALMON. Salmo quinnot. 



My initial friend having learned that the son of an English 

 diplomat advised his father to "give the Yankees 54 40', for 

 the salmon out here (Oregon) won't rise to a fly," concluded 

 to try them with a cast of Irish flies, and found the salmon 

 as eager to taste them as he could wish. 



At our present writing, perhaps there is no better salmon- 

 fishing in the world than is to be found on many rivers in 

 Oregon ; and as to artificial flies, they are as well mounted 

 and tied in New York as in any city in the world. There 

 is a marked difference between the salmon in the Northern 

 Oregon rivers and those of California. The former are simi- 



