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the Coquehalla and find the water bright and clear with the 

 sun shining, stick to it all the same and fish every likely bit of 

 water. Perhaps the luck I had may be waiting for you. 



KAWKAWA LAKE 



This lake is two or three miles east of Hope. There is a 

 good road to it. There are one or two boats on the lake which 

 belong to settlers and can generally be obtained at a small cost. 



The lake is deep nearly all over, except at the far end. It 

 has hardly been fished except by the few people living close by. 

 There are some very big dolly vardens in it. I know of one 

 taken by trolling that weighed fourteen pounds. There are also 

 some cut-throats. This water is worth exploitation. If it were 

 properly fished, in May or early June, some very pleasant sur- 

 prises in the waj r of big fish might be obtained. It is doubtful 

 if it is any good for anything except trolling. 



SILVER CREEK 



This creek is about six miles in length running from Silver 

 Lake into the Fraser River. The road from Chilliwack to Hope 

 crosses it close to where it joins the Fraser, about two miles 

 to the west of Hope. 



This is a very rapid stream, falling nearly 1100 feet in the 

 six miles from the lake. It is full of huge boulders and a raging 

 torrent the greater part of the way and quite useless for fishing. 

 There are, however, some nice pools here and there and in 

 them some splendid fish. Steelheads and dolly vardens in the 

 spring and a few rainboA^s and cut-throats. The last two men- 

 tioned varieties run well all summer, after the spring freshets, 

 and it is then an ideal stream for the fly fisherman, the fish 

 going from one-half up to two and a half pounds. 



The best water to fish is from the bridge down, and then 

 again above the upper bridge. The pool right at the mouth is 

 best in the spring, and often yields some splendid steelheads. 

 The upper waters are best for the fly fishermen. About a mile 

 above the second bridge there is a succession of nice pools. 



The road, which goes up the creek and is in close proximity 

 the whole way, in fact is seldom out of sight of the creek, is a 

 part of the proposed transcontinental highway. Owing, how- 

 ever, to two bridges having been washed out it is now only pos- 

 sible for automobiles to go up about two miles. Horses can, 

 however, be taken right up to the lake. 



The creek above the lake is more or less spread out over 

 sand bars and is little worth fishing. 



