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run, with trolling line he will meet with gratifying success. The 
waters of Kootenay and Southern Yale are already becoming noted 
as fishing resorts, and when lines of communication are opened up, 
the rivers and lakes of the» ‘whole interior will attract numerous 
fishermen, affording, as they do,, fish of uncommon size and number. 
The scenery, too, everywhere ie on a grand and picturesque scale, 
and all natural conditions are healthful and invigorating. 
BRITISH COLUMBIA TROUT. 
The waters of the Province are rich in trout. No other section 
of the Dominion offers better fishing than can be found here. Of 
the varieties of trout found in the rivers, streams and lakes of the 
Province, the steelhead trout (Salmo gairdneri) is the best known 
and most highly considered, because of its abundance, great size, 
and “ game’ and commercial qualities. From its being more or 
less anadromous in its habits, it is locally and in many Coast 
sections classified with the Pacific salmon. The steelhead more 
closely resembles in form, colour of flesh, and habit, the Atlantic 
salmon than any other form found on the Pacific coast. It, like 
our salmon, spawns in fresh water only, but, unlike our salmon, 
it survives after spawning, and returns to the sea. It feeds at all 
times freely in fresh and salt waters. Commercially the steelhead 
is of importance. It is commonly found in our markets from earlv 
fall until late spring. A considerable quantity is shipped East in 
cold storage. It finds ready sale in all local and Eastern markets; 
and because of the demand for it in a fresh state, the entire catch 
is marketed in that way. In our waters it averages about 12 pounds 
in weight, though specimens weighing from 20 to 24 pounds are 
not uncommon. As a “game fish” the steelhead is considered by 
many fishermen to have no equal in fresh water. It readily takes 
a fly or spoon-bait, and “ puts up a stiff fight, taxing the skill of 
the angler and the strength of his tackle to bring it to net or gaff.” 
There are numerous forms of trout to be found in the Upper 
Fraser and Thompson Rivers, and in many of their tributary lakes, 
that cannot be distinguished by any technical character from the 
steelhead, but which, because of the many differences in habit, form 
and colour, have been given many different names. Of these, 
perhaps the best known to anglers is the very game fish which 
abounds in the Kamloops, Shuswap, Okanagan and Kootenay Lake 
regions, to which Dr. Jordan gave the name of Kamloops trout 
(Salmo Kamloops). The smaller specimens of this trout readily 
take a fly, but the largest specimens are seldom secured except by 
means of trolling. 
