THE EAINBOW AT SEA (STEELHEAD) 



of October is the Mecca for many anglers. The river is about 

 three hundred feet wide, and the angling is done from boats, the 

 anglers stepping ashore when a fish is hooked, playing it from the 

 bank. The third prize fish, a four and one-half pounder, was 

 taken by Mr. H. O. Phillips of Pasadena, California, on the 

 Eio San Buenaventura, the lure a spoon. If the rainbow has 

 been successfully introduced into England the steelhand should 

 soon be in evidence, giving to Great Britain a new and excep- 

 tionally fine game fish, one to rank very near the salmon. 



The steelhead is particularly well adapted for a land-locked 

 condition. It retains its fighting qualities, but loses weight, 

 averaging about five or six pounds. 



Mr. Alfred Beebe sends me the table on page 298 giving his 

 own experience on the Trask Eiver, Oregon, which he has fished 

 for many years for cut-throats and steelheads. 



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