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There is fair fly fishing all along this stream, most of the 

 fish taken being of good size. 



NICOLA LAKE 



The lake is within easy reach of Nicola. It is quite a big 

 lake and fish of various sorts and sizes can be taken by troll- 

 ing, with bait and also the fly. There are both boats and 

 launches on the lake. 



MAMMETTE LAKE 



As far as the fishing is concerned this lake is just the 

 same as Fish Lake. 



It is about twenty-five miles from Merritt on the wagon 

 road between that place and Savonas. The only accommoda- 

 tion is with a settler. 



DOUGLAS, CHAPPERON, PIKE AND FISH LAKE 



(NICOLA) 



These lakes are all close together, about thirty miles from 

 Nicola, where the nearest accommodation is. A good road fit 

 for automobiles passes close to Douglas Lake. This lake is the 

 largest of them all, being several miles in length. Chapperon 

 Lake is the smallest, being only thirty or forty acres in extent. 

 This lake is probably the best of them all for the fly fisherman, 

 but it is 011 the property of the Douglas Lake Cattle Company 

 and permission to fish it should be first obtained. 



Fish Lake, about one and a half miles long, is quite a 

 different lake to the one of the same name described separately 

 near Kamloops. 



The trout in these lakes run to large size, fish over six 

 pounds having been caught on the fly. 



The Silver Doctor fished very deep is often very killing 

 in September, which is probably the best month to fish them. 

 From June on until September use the same flies as for Fish 

 Lake in Kamloops. 



THE THOMPSON 



The best part of this river is the twenty miles between 

 Spences Bridge and Savonas. The Canadian Northern runs on 

 the north side of the river and the C. P. R. on the south. "Wal- 

 lachene, midway between the two above mentioned places, is 

 probably the best place to go to as there is quite a comfortable 

 hotel and you can fish both up and down. There is also an hotel 

 at Savonas, which is situated at lower end of Kamloops Lake, 

 and some of the best pools can be reached from this point. The 



