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trout; mountain trout most numerous; fliep are used from April to October, and 

 meat from October to April; June, July, August aud September best months; hotel 

 if 2 50 p. d.; guides ami boats not needed. The above waters, except probably 

 Little Blackfoot, abound in trout. The creeks are narrow and the angler fishe* 

 from the banks. 



Gold Creek (N. P.) Deerlodge r. and Gold cr.; Collins 1. 20 m.; Blackfoot r. 7 

 in.; last two best; trout principally; flies mostly used; summer aud fall best; no- 

 regular hotels; guides can be obtained for reasonable compensation: the fishing in 

 the immediate vicinity of Gold cr. does not amount to much, but Collins 1. 20 m. 

 north id full of enormoua trout of 10 to 15 Ibs. weight. 



Heron (N. P.) Clarks Fork and Elk Cr. 1 m.; first best; mountain trout and 

 whiteftsh: whitefish most numerous; flies, beef, grasshoppers, etc., as bait; August, 

 ' Clarks Fork gives better fishing than Spokane r." See THE AMERICAN ANGLER. Vol. 

 September, October and November best; hotels $2.50 p. d. Our correspondent writes; 

 VI, page 26. 



Horse Plains (N. P.) Clark's fork of Columbia r.; speckled or mountain trout 

 and llussian charr or bull trout; first most numerous; art. fly used mostly; May, 

 June, October and November best. 



Livingston (N. P.) Yellowstone r. ^ m.; trout and grayling; trout most num- 

 erous; art. flies used mostly; July, August and September best; Hotels at reasonable 

 prices; boats at $2 p. d. The fishing in the Yellowstone is simply magnificent. A 

 bug, locally known as the "trout fly," which resembles the common "thousand 

 legs, "is the most killing lure. These bugs lie tinder the stones along shore and 

 can be gathered by the hand-full. Query : Is it the helgramite or dobson of the 

 East? 



Noxon (N. P.) Bull r. 4 m.; creek (unnamed) Km.; first best; trout; art. flies 

 used mostly; hotel at reasonable rate; guides $5 p. d.; Clark's fork 1 4 m. and 

 several other near by waters afford excellent fishing for large trout. See THE. 

 AMERICAN ANGLER, vol. VII, page 27. 



Park City (N. P. See page VIII.) Yellowstone r. and Rocky fork 2 to 20 m.; 

 Rocky fork best for trout; trout and pike, but trout only in Rocky fork; minnows, 

 flies, grasshoppers and fat pork used; August and September best; guides $5 p. d. 

 Our correspondent writes : " Rocky fork will satisfy the most greedy angler." 



Rayalli (N. P.) Jocko r. near station; Flathead 1. 35 m.; last named best; trout 

 (2 varieties), whitefish "squaw fish," (?) etc.; trout most numerous; art. flies, grass- 

 hoppers and beef used; May to September best in Jocko r.; good all the year in 

 Flathead 1. The fishing in the r. is only good in the months named, as the fish run 

 down stream on the approach of cola weather, returning with the spring freshets. 

 Very fine hunting and field shooting in this section. 



Red Rock (U. P.) Red Rock r. near station; Medicine Lodge cr. 2 m.; Salmon 

 r. 90 m.; all about equal; m Red Rock r. trout and whitefish: Medicine Lodge cr. 

 full of speckled trout; grub or worm bait?: May until October best; hotels $2 p. d.; 

 guides $3 p. d.; boats on Salmon r. $1 p. d.; salmon trout abound in Salmon r.; 

 stage connects at this place daily. The fishing is very fine in this neighborhood. 



Springdale (N. P.) Yellowstone r. near station; Boulder r. 7 m.; last best; 

 mountain trout; minnow bait; July to December best; hotels $2 p. d.; boats and 

 bait at small cost. 



Spring 1 Hill (U. P.) Red Rock r. 1m.; Sage cr. 10 m.; Henry's 1. 25 m.; all 

 good: trout, whitefish, grayling and mountain herring; whitefish are most numer- 

 ous in Red Rock r. and trout in Sage cr.; grasshoppers and art. flies as baits; June, 

 July and August best: eating houses at $1 p. d. and room extra; guides can be 

 had; boats used only at Henry's 1. and cost 25c p. h. There is good hunting in this 

 neighborhood also. 



Stillwater (N. P. See page VIII.) Yellowstone r., Stillwater cr. Y z m.; Rosebud 

 1.40m.: last best; trout, "hickory shad," wall-eyed pike and whitefish; trout most 

 numerous; grasshoppers, minnows, flies as baits, with fat oacon in winter; Aug- 

 ust. September and October best, hotels $1 p. d.: guides can be had, charges regu- 

 lated according to distance and number of party; boats 50c p. d. Fishing very 

 fim>. 



Thompson Falls (N. P.) Clark's fork of Columbia r., Thompson r. and Pros- 

 pect cr.; first best for salmon trout; and two last named for brook or mountain 

 trout: both species are very plenty; art. flies, grasshoppers and beef are used, 



