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For steelhead fishing there are few streams that have better 

 runs of fish, but they have become educated and are not to be 

 caught by everybody and even an expert must have the water 

 in proper condition and a chance to fish without somebody else 

 getting in his way. To demonstrate the possibilities of this 

 stream, I may say that one man landed over sixty steelheads the 

 season before last and more than half of them were caught in 

 the Capilano and several other men had over twenty out of that 

 stream. 



To meet with success there is one thing you must do and 

 that is fish when the water is right. This species of fish is nothing 

 but a huge sea trout and he just comes into the rivers in runs. 

 When they first enter a stream, they stay around the lower 

 reaches for a time, gradually working up stream. As long as 

 the water is high enough, an odd fish comes in right along, but 

 a freshet brings in a number and the bigger the freshet the bigger 

 the number. You will therefore see that you want to fish after 

 a freshet. Immediately after a freshet, the lower reaches are 

 the best; but as soon as the water gets down to its normal level, 

 the chances are most of the fish have gone up, and then higher 

 up, or in the Canyon, is the place you will find them. 



For spinning, a prawn seems to take better than anything, 

 though many fish are caught on brass Devons, two-inch being 

 plenty big enough. When the water gets low and clear, a small, 

 single Tacoma will often result in a strike when the bigger baits 

 fail. 



With regard to the time of year to fish. There is always a 

 run of big fish following the first heavy rains after the beginning 

 of the year. This is not the best run, though the heaviest fish 

 are often taken. From then on every warm rain brings in a few 

 fish but it is seldom before May, when the snow begins to melt 

 in earnest and the water stays well up, that any continuous run 

 of fish can be looked for. This run continues well on into June ; 

 but as soon as the snow is pretty well gone and the river goes 

 down, the steelheads are done with for the year. 



During the hot summer months, the water is generally too 

 low, though an odd rainbow or cut-throat may occasionally be 

 had ; but most of the fish that can be caught at this time are too 

 small to be worth keeping. 



With the first rains in the fall the cohoe salmon start up the 

 creek and they are usually accompanied by a good run of trout. 



SEYMOUR CREEK 



This is also within a short distance of Vancouver. It runs 

 into the Harbour at the Second Narrows, some four miles to 

 the east of the city, but like the Capilano, is also on the north 

 shore. 



