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at Sprague’s ranche. Do not attempt to 
fish in Willow Park; you will be devoured 
by buffalo flies. Go at once to the can- 
yon, which is three miles from Sprague’s. 
Here the Thompson must be fished by 
wading. ‘The sides of the canyon are 
mostly granite rock, rising almost per- 
pendicularly from the water, and so for- 
bid any operations from the bank. 
Here, upon a favorable day, you may 
take as many fish from ten to twelve 
inches in length as you wish to carry 
back with you. Another favorite place, 
which seems to furnish inexhaustible 
sport, is win Lakes, in the very heart 
of the mountains. This place may be 
reached by stage from Colorado Springs. 
It is a charming spot, and furnishes ¢ 
The fish 
are not large, but may be caught in 
numbers. 
Through Middle Park in the northern 
part of the State flow the Blue River 
and Williams’ Fork. In the latter, it is 
said the fishing is good, and now and 
then a three-pounder is taken. Williams’ 
Fork is reached from Denver by rail to 
Boulder, thence to Hot Springs and the 
Park by stage. At Hot Springs there 
is a hotel, and from this excursions may 
be made to the Fork on horsebrek. 
The Blue River may be reached in 
this way also, though the best way would 
be to go to Colorado Springs and thence 
up the Ute Pass on horseback, or, still 
better, with a wagon and camping outfit. 
Tt has been fished but little, and yields 
great quantities of large fish. It is one 
of the best typut streams in the State, 
and will amply repay a visit. The scen- 
ery, too, cannot but afford higt. pleasure 
to every admirer of Nature. ‘The trip up 
the Ute Pass and through the various 
intervening small parks is worth all the 
trouble even were there no other object 
delightful camping ground. 
in view at the end of the journey. Take 
the cars of the Denver & Rio Grande 
Railroad and go to the southern end of 
the State. Stop at Garland and fish in 
any of the mountain tributaries of the 
Rio Grande. The Trancharo or Trin- 
charas, as it is indifferently called, is six 
miles from Garland. It is full of fine 
fish. At Alamosa the streams are 
equally good. The trip over the Denver 
& Rio Grande Railroad, passing, as_ it 
does, over the Sangre de Christo Range, 
and through the Veta Pass at an altitude 
of nine thousand three hundred and nine- 
ty-three feet above the level of the sea, 
affords a view of some of the grandest 
scenery in the world. ‘The Mule Shoe 
of the railroad causes the celebrated 
Horse Shoe of the Pennsylvania to 
dwindle into insignificance. Only such 
streams are mentioned here as have been 
reported as affording good sport, and 
can be relied on. ‘There are, however, 
many others. Nearly all the mountain 
streams contain trout. A word should 
be said about the pleasures of camping 
There is no place 
where it yields more pleasure and profit. 
The glorious, exhilarating air, the bright 
sunshine, and the almost cloudless sky, 
combine to make camping enjoyable and 
health-giving to an unusual extent. 
out in this section. 
TROUT FISHING IN MIDDLE PARK—GAME, 
BEAR, DEER, ELK, AC. 
A correspondent of one of our weekly 
cotemporaries thus describes the trout 
fishing in Middle Park: In July, 1863, a 
company of soldiers were stationed on the 
bank of Grand River at Hot Sulphur 
Springs in the middle of the park, and 
they were catching trout from that stream 
every day literally by the gunny-bag full. 
They are remembered now as the fattest, 
slickest, jolliest lot ef men ever seen, and 
