VANCOUVER TO CAMPBELL RIVER 27 



The cut-throat trout appeared to me to 

 resemble the sea trout in its habits, hanging 

 about the mouth of the river and running up 

 with the tide, many falhng back on the turn 

 of the tide, but a certain number running up 

 and remaining in the upper reaches. 



The largest I killed, 5 Ife., was immediately 

 in front of the hotel, in the sea itself, one and a 

 half miles from the river, and he took a spoon 

 intended for a tyee salmon. 



They were most sporting fish and were ex- 

 cellent eating, differing in this respect from the 

 salmon. I only regretted I did not give more 

 time to them, but we all suffered from the same 

 disease, that desire to get the 70 lb. fish, or at 

 least something bigger than any yet brought 

 to the gaff. 



I started with the best intentions, and talked 

 over with Mr. Williams at Vancouver the 

 possibility of inducing the tyee salmon to take 

 the fly, denouncing, as all true fishermen must 

 do, the monotony of trolling for big fish with 

 a colossal spoon and a six-ounce lead, which 

 takes away half the pleasure of the sport. 



All the same I found myself sacrificing my 

 principles to the hope of the monster fish which 

 never came, but was always a possibility. 



The Straits between Vancouver Island and 

 Valdez Island are about two miles broad, and 



