Big Game at Sea 



in April or May and remain, as a rule, until October. 

 I have taken a number trolling, but due to the heavy 

 tackle they would not leap, though this fish fre- 

 quently does, clearing several feet. The leap of the 

 salmon in fresh water especially up falls and rapids, 

 is well known. 



The rainbow trout is an especially game leaper. 

 Recently in the beautiful Soquel, which flows down 

 from the Santa Cruz mountains, one sprang into the 

 air six inches to meet my hook; and I have known 

 large specimens to make splendid leaps. In the 

 Klamath Lake country, when fly fishing for big rain- 

 bow trout, I was much entertained by their leaps, 

 some three- or four-pound fish making a series of 

 jumps in Crystal Creek, where I made numerous and 

 futile attempts to photograph them in mid-air. One 

 fish which I hooked appeared to turn a double somer- 

 sault. Mr. Alfred L. Beebe, one of the clever fly 

 fishermen of American waters, who has fished the 

 lakes of Oregon for many years, and who has landed 

 a remarkable number of large trout, tells me he has 

 seen a three and a half pound rainbow trout take 

 thirteen successive leaps across the river before com- 

 ing to the net ; and I sat in the bow of a skiff at Peli- 

 can Bay for an hour or more trying to photograph 

 the living rainbows which Mr. Beebe lured to his 

 March brown fly and into the air, but failed, owing 

 either to the rapid gyrations of the fish or my own 

 cumbersome methods. It was an exhilarating spec- 



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