xvi THROUGH CANADA 



FACE 



Brook trout — Distribution of salmon and trout — Angling 

 reaches — Death of salmon after spawning — Theories — Fly 

 and spoon-bait — Fishing rods — The course of the Frascr 

 River — Tiie Coquihalla and Hope Rivers — Angling on the 

 Harrison River — My Indian guide — Scepticism and faith — 

 A fight with a twenty-five pounder — The Harrison described 

 — A second captive — Invoking Adjidaumo — His blessing on 

 a twenty-six pounder — A visit lo t!ie Harrison Rapids — The 

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CHAPTER XV 



Going West — Stave River — Minnow and spoon-bait — Coquitlam 

 River — Vancouver angling — Scarcity of gillies— Off to the 

 Narrows — -Angling in the Pacific — Playing a salmon in a 

 swift tide- -Dame Fortune's amends — Off Vancouver Island 

 — The Campbell River — The Cowichan River — Advocacy of 

 the fly — The best months — Trout fishing — The fly season — 

 The fry season — A visit to Seymour Creek— -A lonely forest 

 — Track of the grizzly — In search of a trail — The Vedder 

 River — A charming retreat — Wading for Dolly Vardens — 

 Capture with the fly — A magic evening scene — The North 

 Thompson River — The Columbia River — Kootenay and 

 Okanagan — The course of the Columbia River — Great trout 

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CHAPTER XVI 



Salmon and trout supply — The falling off — Government Fisheries 

 Commission report — Proposed remedies — Minority report — 

 The United States difficulty — Mr. Babcock's comments — 

 Opinions of Steveston fishermen — Deadly salmon traps in 

 Puget Sound — The lesson of British Isles fisheries — 

 Creation of hatcheries — Future guardianship of fisheries — 

 Mr. Willmot's report — Mr. Kelly Evans on revenue from 

 fisheries — Wholesale destruction of whitefish — Depleted 

 lakes — Suggested remedies — Angling as a recreation — 

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