Angling in a Crater 33 



tain is a spring of the clearest, coldest water, 

 clarified in the volcanic rocks, purified to the 

 point of perfect crystalline beauty, and abound- 

 ing in trout of heroic size, as you will soon 

 learn. The Williamson is rapid and a boat is 

 necessary to get the best of the fishing, which 

 is near the mouth of Spring Creek. The banks 

 abound in trees; the verdure is rich and beauti- 

 ful in the variety of tints, the stream reflecting 

 aspens, willows, and others of the splendid 

 canopy in its waters. Beneath the trees the 

 camp is made ; some anglers sleep in tents, others 

 prefer the open, and after a few days of rest 

 and trout the journey is taken up, and you drive 

 on, always rising, following the general direc- 

 tion of Anna Creek, stopping here and there to 

 explore the little trout stream which has cut 

 its way down from the vicinity of the crater 

 through beds of lava; or perhaps the canon is 

 a mighty crack in the earth. Be this as it may, 

 it is one of the most attractive gulches in the 

 Cascade range, abounding in verdure, in falls, 

 a wonderland in every sense. 



You are now in the Crater National Park, 

 and camp is made on the slope of the great 

 volcano that was once a dominating factor in 

 eastern Oregon, and in the morning you climb 

 the trail made and kept in repair by the rangers. 

 Suddenly emerging from the forest you come 

 upon the lake of dreams. Little wonder the 



