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grees, and the Williamson River, temperature of 

 which is sixty degrees. 



T have been up to, and have gone around the high- 

 est source of the Williamson River, which is a very 

 large spring near the base of Yamsai Mountain, the 

 height of w r hich is about nine thousand feet. 



I have always used a number six fly, the best 

 varieties for that river being the Governor Peacock, 

 Silver Doctor, Royal Coachman, Peacock, Brown 

 Hackle, and March Brown. These of course do not 

 nearly exhaust the list as I have fished successfully 

 with twenty other varieties of flies. The Governor, 

 however, is, to my mind, the best. I have always 

 fished with the lightest kind of tackle, with gos- 

 samer leader attached to the fly. I have never per- 

 mitted more than one half pound weight to ever be 

 put upon the line by any trout. This, as you know, 

 can easily be done by manipulating the rod so that 

 any rush of the fish is nullified as to weight, by 

 properly working the rod and not having any weight 

 come on the reel. 



As to weight of fish I have always carried ac- 

 curate fishing scales so as to find the exact weight 

 of fish when caught, since loss of weight is occa- 

 sioned by lapse of time owing to evaporation, and 

 further there is always a tendency to overestimate 

 weight of fish. 



I have taken extensive trips all over Crater Lake 

 region, camping in out of the way places for some 

 days at a time, and returning to the main camp after 

 these expeditions, some of which have lasted for 

 two weeks at a time. 



Such fishing as this falls to but few an- 



