SALMON-FISHING IN OREGON. 483 
The siscowet is eminently an angler’s fish; 
ously to the fly, and like the winninish, or great northern 
rising gener- 
char, it averages in weight from three to nine pounds. It 
will also take a feathered squid, and vies with the large 
brook trout in the northern part of Lake Superior, for both 
its offer of sport, and its superior edible qualities. 
SECTION SECOND. 
THE CALIFORNIA SALMON.—Salino quinnat. 
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BY 
My initial friend having learned that the son of an English 
diplomat advised his father to “ give the Yankees 54° 40’, for 
the salmon out here (Oregon) won’t rise to a fly,” concluded 
to try them with a cast of Irish flies, and found the salmon 
as eager to taste them as he could wish. 
At our present writing, perhaps there is no better salmon- 
fishing in the world than is to be found on many rivers ii 
Oregon; and as to artificial flies, they are as well mounted 
and tied in New York as in any city in the world. There 
is a marked difference between the salmon in the Northern 
Oregon rivers and those of California. The former are simi- 
