402 FLY FISHING AND SPINNING 



The country is wild and lovely, and most varieties of game 

 are to be met bears and wolves are to be seen but in 

 summer are quite harmless. Moose and caribou trails 

 are common, and serve to remind only of the profusion of 

 life lurking unseen in the cover of these virgin forests. 



In cruising down Canadian Rivers portages will be 

 frequent, and therefore all baggage should be dispensed 

 with except that which is absolutely necessary. 



It must be remembered that, while every facility and 

 assistance is given to the visitor by the Canadian Govern- 

 ment, the Canadian Pacific Railway Company's servants, 

 etc., yet the country is so vast and its fishing possibilities 

 so little known, that the success of each trip will depend 

 on the initiative of those in control of it. It is most 

 necessary that there should be a similarity of desires 

 and tastes among those of the party, in so far as each day's 

 procedure is concerned. General information as regards 

 the fishing qualities of a river, or even of a district, by any one 

 save an experienced fisherman, should in all cases be received 

 with great caution, and in every canoe expedition one 

 member of the party at least should have had a personal 

 experience of the rivers and lakes which it is suggested to 

 travel. 



Besides the unequalled wonder of the railway journey 

 between Calgary and Vancouver, excellent fishing centres 

 will be found in Banff and Sicamous Junction, and quite 

 apart from the sport which can be made an inseparable 

 adjunct of Canadian travel, this trip in an observation car 

 on the Canadian Pacific Railway is one which cannot be 

 equalled for beauty and interest. In its own manner it 

 teaches a lesson as impressive and profound as the Temples 

 of Egypt. The tourist will be surrounded by, or be within 

 reach of, many of the most beautiful portions of the Rocky 

 Mountains, and in no other mountain region do peak and 



