370 Recreations of a Sportsman 



Nevada, and is not only a niecca for the trout 

 lover but is surrounded by streams and rivers 

 that flow into it. 



The Truckee, which drains the lake, is a 

 radiant, often tempestuous stream down which 

 the angler can often walk casting with suc- 

 cess and profit. The lake is the centre of a 

 great trout region on the summit of the Sierra 

 Nevada; one of numerous lakes that stretch 

 along the great range that is the vertebra of 

 California and really ends on Cape Horn. The 

 lake is surrounded with snow-capped mountains, 

 and in the vicinity, not so far away, are some 

 stupendous peaks, the sentinels of a wonderland 

 of gigantic rifts, high mountains, deep abysmal 

 chasms, rivers, streams, and lakes of all kinds. 



The lake has been stocked with various kinds 

 of trout, and several hatcheries are kept up, so 

 that the fishing should be good at all times for 

 the Tahoe trout, that reaches thirty or more 

 pounds, silver trout, or even Mackinaw, and in 

 the streams rainbows and Eastern trout. 



Climbing one of the mountains that consti- 

 tute the rim of the lake one has a comprehen- 

 sive view of the Tahoe country, and his eyes 

 rest upon many lakes, as Cascades, 6720 feet 

 above the sea, Castle Lake, 7425, Fallen Leaf, 

 Five Lakes, Floating Island Lake where a large 

 island drifts above. Then there are Half Moon, 

 7760 feet, Marlette, and many more, while almost 



