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can be hired. It is reached by train two or three times a week 

 or by auto stage from Duncans on days when trains are not run- 

 ning. From this point the upper reaches of the Cowichan River 

 can be fished. 



In the lake itself some fine big trout can be taken by trolling 

 and sometimes in summer, spring salmon also. The latter are 

 chiefly taken up near the head of the lake. The best trolling for 

 trout is off the North Arm. There is a shelf of rock there with 

 fairly shallow water. Another good place is off the little group 

 of Islands. A fairly big Victoria spoon with the hook set back 

 a few inches and baited with worms takes better than anything. 



THE CHEMAINUS 



This is a fair-sized stream where there is often some good 

 fly fishing, especially in June. Unfortunately the nearest accom- 

 modation is at Chemainus on the line of the E. & N., but it is 

 four miles from there to the stream and twelve miles over a bad 

 road to the best fishing, which is near Mount Sicker. 



NANAIMO 



Nanaimo is the centre of the coal mining industry on the 

 coast and is situated on Vancouver Island, about forty miles 

 across the Gulf of Georgia from Vancouver. It is reached by the 

 E. & N. Railway from Victoria and is only a two-hour run on the 

 C. P. R. steamer from Vancouver. 



This place has quite good salmon fishing pretty nearly all 

 the year round. In the winter months the herring come into the 

 harbour in thousands and they are followed by a fine run of 

 spring salmon, and at this time you can generally get a fish or 

 two right in the harbour. The best water is just outside at Dodds 

 Narrows. For trout fishing, both steelheads and cut-throats, you 

 have the Nanaimo River close at hand. 



NANAIMO RIVER 



This river is of good size, it runs from Nanaimo Lakes about 

 fourteen miles away. Seven miles up stream there are falls up 

 to which it is possible to take a boat so that the river is easily 

 fished. 



There is always a nice run of steelheads in the winter and 

 early spring, which can be caught by spinning, trolling and pos- 

 sibly with the fly. 



In May and June there is some nice fly fishing for rainbow 

 and cut-throats. 



