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anchorage, but have sometimes seen schooners fail to beat 

 out when the wind blew strong from the west or south- 

 west. 



This I believe to be one of the best rivers in the world 

 for the angler; of course it varies much in different seasons; 

 and although I was one of two white men who first threw 

 a fly upon its upper pools in 1845, and have fished it often 

 since, it has not been my good fortune to be on its banks 

 in the seasons when it has been most prolific in salmon. 

 The last time I fished this river was in 1849, when I 

 arrived there on the 18th of June, remaining till the 3rd 

 of July, during which time only twenty-one fish were 

 killed, a remarkable contrast to the case of Captain J. M. 

 Strachan who, two years before, took forty-two salmon in 

 parts of two days. 



The fishing in this stream consists of what are called 

 the lower and the upper pools ; in the former fish are first 

 caught, and they continue to afford the best sport as long 

 as the water is high and the fish are running up from the 

 sea : between them and the upper pools there is a succession 

 of rapids, through which the salmon do not venture to 

 ascend until the spring floods have greatly subsided, and 

 then they do not remain in the lower pools, but push on 

 upwards. 



I would recommend any one going to fish this stream to 

 be there about the 7th of June, to establish his camp near 

 the spot indicated in the chart at page 218, to remain 



