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Port Simpson, Saanich Inlet, Cowichan Bay, Cowichan Gap, Oak 

 Bay (Victoria), James Island. 



Tyee Salmon. Campbell River (in August and September), 

 "West Coast Banks (July and August), Alberni Canal (Septem- 

 ber), Salmon River (August), Nimpkish (August), Smith's Inlet 

 (July and August). 



Cohoe Salmon. These fish can be caught almost anywhere. 

 For the earliest fishing up the coast is best. Campbell River or 

 Lund are as good as any; later on Cowichan Bay. They run 

 from the middle of June on until the end of October. 



TROUT. 



Steelheads. Almost every coast stream of any size has a 

 run of these fish during winter and spring months. Many of the 

 best of them like such streams as Copper River running into the 

 Skeena, the Bella Coola River, are almost impossible of access. 

 Among those easy of access are the Cowichan in January and 

 February and early March. The Stave River, January and Feb- 

 ruary; the Coquehalla and Vedder in February and March, and 

 the Seymour and Capilano in February and again in May and 

 early June. 



Landlocked Steelheads. Seaton Lake, October, February and 

 March. Okanagan Lake, all winter (frost permitting) until April. 

 Kootenay Lake, March and April until freshets colour the water, 

 then again about the middle of June. Shuswap Lake, April and 

 May. 



Rainbow, Cut-throats, etc. The very finest fly fishing is to be 

 had in some of the streams and lakes in northern waters. The 

 fish run to very large size, five-pound fish being by no means 

 uncommon. The best places are quite inaccessible, except with 

 a pack train or long boat row, and even then the fish are so 

 uneducated a day or two 's fishing would be all you cared about. 



Some of the handiest places in the north are : 



Six Mile Lake. Ten miles from Prince George, weight aver- 

 ages 1% to 2 pounds. 



Stellaco River. "Weight, 1 to 3 pounds. 



The best months for all these places are from the middle of 

 June until the end of September. 



The best places in the southern part of the Province are the 

 Cowichan River and Lake, Oyster River, Campbell River, Nimp- 

 kish, Salmon River, Cameron Lake, Great Central Lake. These 

 are all on Vancouver Island and are generally at their best in 

 May and June. 



On the Mainland coast Pender Harbour Lakes in May and 

 June. Powell Lake from June until late fall. Jervis Inlet streams 



