FISHING AT HOME AND ABROAD 

 flies most killing for the steelhead are either the ordinary eastern Canadian 

 and European salmon flies, or the Parmachenee Belle, consisting of red 

 and white wings and a yellow body. The rainbow trout often takes the 

 same flies as the steelhead, though in smaller patterns. The Zulu is a 

 killing lure, and so also are all the ordinary Scotch loch flies. These fish 

 swarm in almost every lake and grow to an immense weight, fish of over 

 ten pounds having been taken on the fly, though it is seldom that they are 

 killed in the rivers over four pounds. Fish up to one and two pounds weight 

 seem to be in millions, however, in nearly all the waters of the province, 

 and the fishing in Fish Lake, some twenty miles from Kamloops, in the 

 Long Lake forest reserve, has been described by several visitors as little 

 less than marvellous. Mr Walter Longley is credited with having killed 

 a rainbow of twenty-two pounds with a spoon in Marble Canyon Lake in 

 May, 1900. An enthusiast who has sung the praises of this fish claims 

 that *' when fresh from the water and in brilliant sunshine, it rivals the 

 object after which it is called, the living rainbow on its side showing a 

 play of delicate colour which it would be hard to surpass or to equal, 

 even in the heavens." 



One of the most accessible of inland fishing waters for the rainbow 

 trout is the Thompson River, which is followed for a considerable dis- 

 tance by the Canadian Pacific Railway. It is a very sporting river on 

 account of the strength of the current, which makes it almost impossible 

 to hold a large fish. 



The fishing in the heart of the Rockies is not as good as some of the 

 guide-books describe, but that in the South Thompson, in the Kootenay 

 and in Kamloops Lake, under favourable circumstances, leaves little 

 to be desired. The fishing season is a long one, and the rainbow trout 

 found in this magnificent river are not surpassed in game qualities by 

 any fish that swims. Moreover, they must be fished for with delicate 

 tackle and small files, such as are used upon European trout streams. 

 The lower Kootenay is reached by rail from Revelstoke station to Arrow 

 Lake station on Upper Arrow Lake, and thence by steamer through the 

 Arrow lakes. The best fishing is just below the Lower Falls, thirteen 

 miles from Helson. Very few fish are caught under a pound weight, and 

 many run as high as three and four pounds. 



Two species of char are found in British Columbia waters, the namaycush 

 or great lake trout of Ontario and Quebec waters,* which is practically 



'Uiually classed, not as a char, but as Salmo namaycush. — Ed. 



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