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CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME 



of Fisii and (iaiiie siu'ccssfully caii^lit oii August 2)5, VJ'.V.'>. aiul Trans- 

 ferred upAvards of 150 fish to the Alpine Hatchery near Markleeville. 

 These were fed and held in troughs for a time without loss and ulti- 

 mately pi'eserved as tlie type and pai-atypes (September 17). Later 

 tlu' same men packed many moi-e out of Fish Valley to Pickle .Meadow 

 and delivered them to William ]\Iartin of tlie Steinhart Aquarium 

 who l)riiiit:h1 ihem to San Francisco (October 'A). A few days later 

 Dobler and Thond)urji- followed with a small truck of live fish and 

 delivered them also to the A(piarium. At tiiis date, these fish are still 

 on display and in fiiu' condition. 



In a brief letter recounting the work, Doblei- writes: "The trip 

 from Pickle Meadow to Fish Valley, a distance of 14 miles, can be made 

 in about live hours with pnak stock. On arriving in the Valley we 

 made our camp and later distributed our empty ])ack cans along the 

 creeks. In fishing we ])lace(l tlie ones eauglit in a bucket uiilil lliei-e 



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Fig. 22. Suniniit of the pa.s.s Ironi Tickle Meadow, looldnj? toward Fi.-^h Valley 

 on the right. Photo by E. L. Macaulay. 



were several and then car.ri(Hl them to the nearest i)ack can. The 

 latter was then partly submerged in the cre(>k to insure a circulation 

 of water in the can, where it could remain until \vt' were ready to 

 come out. 



"The fish strike the fly very hard, doing most of their fighting 

 under water, darting every way in trying to get free, and not breaking 

 water very often. When a fish missed a fly. it would break water, 



turning back on its side insteac 



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viuL;' on in a t'oi-wai'd direction. 



A royal coachman No. 12 hook seemed best. They are game fish and 

 one of the best flavored that I have eaten.'' 



Thornburg writes: "Because of automobile ti'ouble, I arrived at 

 Pickle Meadow a little too late to join the pack train. Leaving the 

 meadow at 2 ji.m. with my bedding, I took up the trail leading along 

 Silver Creek for some nine miles u]) the steep mountain sides. 1 

 stopped on the summit long enough for a sigh of relief, and then 



