34 SPORT IN VANCOUVER 



I only wish I had known of this valuable book 

 before instead of after my visit. 



Another of the " Oncorhynchi " is the hump- 

 back, " Oncorhynchus Gorbuscha," averaging 

 about 5 ife. 



I only saw one caught on the rod at Campbell 

 River. 



At the mouth of the Oyster River, some 

 miles south, I saw them one evening in in- 

 credible numbers, and though right in the 

 middle of immense shoals, I could not get them 

 to look at fly or spoon. A few yards up the 

 river they were said sometimes to take the fly. 



The silver salmon, " Oncorhynchus Kisutch," 

 known also as " Kisutch," " Skowitz," Hoopid 

 and lastly Cohoe, is stated to attain a weight 

 of 30 lb. — the average weight being about 

 8 lb. As stated before, the largest I saw was 

 14 Sb. and the largest I caught 12 lb. 



The above being the fish I met with at 

 Campbell River, I need not enter into the other 

 varieties. One interesting fact mentioned in 

 the book to which I am indebted for all the 

 above information is that the steel-head salmon 

 is one of the " Salmonidse." " Salmo Gaird- 

 nerii " differs from all other Pacific salmon, 

 in that it alone returns to the sea after spawn- 

 ing, thus following the habits of the true 

 " Salmonidse." 



