178 The Pacific Salmon 



points some distance above, where they were also 

 abundant. Spokane Falls and the Falls of the 

 Willamette are localities well known to salmon 

 anglers. 



There is no doubt that, under favorable con- 

 ditions, the Pacific salmon will take the fly, and 

 it is quite possible that the most attractive fly 

 has not yet been discovered. Much of the fly 

 fishing for salmon on the Pacific coast, however, 

 has really been for steelheads, the angler failing 

 to make the proper distinction. 



Salmon may be taken with roe-bait in pools well 

 up in the head waters of the streams. In the 

 McCloud they are easily taken with the spoon, 

 while the young, before leaving the river, will rise 

 to the fly, and are often taken in the spring in 

 trout fishing. On several occasions the grilse 

 accompanying the run of large salmon have been 

 taken with the fly, some of them weighing about 

 four pounds. 



In Washington and British Columbia, tidal- 

 water sportsmen take even the largest salmon 

 with the rod and spoon, while the late-running 

 silver salmon often take the fly. 



The most southerly point on the Pacific coast 

 where salmon are taken, either commercially or 



