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flows past our camp, and is famous for big trout. My 

 favorite is Spruce Cabin Stream, above and below the 

 beautiful Spruce Cabin Falls. There are big trout in 

 this water, especially at the bottom of the falls, and I 

 can if I will take fifty trout in an afternoon, and 

 they'll weigh from a quarter of a pound to one pound 

 and a half. I like something besides fish about a 

 stream, and this is why I am fond of the Spruce Cabin 

 water. 



There are not many Anglers in love with the place. 

 Though beautiful, it is very hard to fish. I have to 

 creep under great trees that have fallen over the water 

 and then wade up to my waist to gain certain points 

 in order to get along down the stream. The banks are 

 lined with trees and shrubbery, and my line is ever 

 getting tangled. One does not need to be a fly-casting 

 tournament Angler to fish any of the Canadensis 

 waters. Distance in the cast is not required as much 

 as accuracy at more than one or two places on each 

 stream. The rest of the fishing is done by short, low 

 casts, and by creeping under branches and letting the 

 line float with the ripples into the eddies. Every step 

 or two there are little falls, and in the white, bubbling 

 water at their bottom a trout may be taken. Under 

 the big fall, and in the still waters above and below, 

 the big trout hide. 



Artificial flies are the popular bait with the gentle 

 Angler, though all sizes of trout will take worms, and 

 the big, educated trout like minnows. Both small, 

 medium, and large trout like flies if the flies are the 

 right kind. We have had great trouble in getting good 

 flies. I brought four dozen with me, and not over a 

 half dozen of them are worth the snell tied to them; 

 they are too clumsy in size, of coarse material, and 



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