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CHAPTER XX. 

 THE LOWER MAINLAND COAST 



MOST OF THE PLACES MENTIONED IN THIS CHAPTER MAY BE 

 REACHED BY THE SERVICE OF THE UNION STEAMSHIP CO., 

 LTD., VANCOUVER. 



FENDER HARBOUR 



PENDER HARBOUR is situated fifty-five miles up the coast. 

 There is a hotel of the rough and ready kind. Steamers 

 call nearly every day. The Union Steamship Company's 

 boats call regularly every two or three days. 



This is quite a good centre for all-round fishing. Salmon 

 of some kind or the other can be caught pretty well all the year 

 round. 



For trout fishing the stream at the head of the inlet will 

 often afford some good sport at its mouth, and even out in the 

 salt water. This fishing is at its best in the early spring months. 

 There are also several lakes in the vicinity, the best of which is 

 Saginaw Lake. This lake is some five miles long and has trout 

 in it up to five pounds in weight. Most of the fish are caught 

 by trolling, but there are several parts of the lake where, if 

 you watch carefully, you will see fish rise and you can then 

 use the fly. 



A good way to fish this lake is to have out your trolling 

 rod with your fly rod ready, and troll along the lake (keeping 

 as close to shore as you can) and try the fly here and there orf 

 any rocky point where there is a bit of a shallow, also in some 

 of the bays where there is a clump of trees lying in the water. 

 If you only have the luck to be there when there is a hatch of 

 flying ants you will get great sport with a black gnat, at other 

 times a red-bodied fly takes best, though I once saw a man fill 

 his basket with a number of two-pound fish and one of three 

 pounds on a Teal and Green. 



If you want to fish this lake it is safest to take your own 

 boat with you, as though there are one or two boats to be had 

 you cannot rely on them. It is quite easy to get it into the 

 lake from salt water, just a fifty-yard portage takes you into 

 a little stream which runs out of the lake. 



This lake is a most charming place for a few days outing, 

 but if you want to catch fish, you must be there before the end 

 of June, as after that time it is no good at all. 



