THE GAME BREEDER 



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found east of the Sierra Nevada or 

 Cascade ranges ; yet in the same chapter 

 the waters of the Klamath lake and its 

 tributaries are cited as the most re- 

 markable Rainbow trout fishing in 

 America. 



The great typical Rainbow is not 

 found in Oregon or Washington coastal 

 rivers, though abundant in Rogue river 

 above Grants Pass. Neither is it seen 

 in the west-side streams of the Willam- 

 ette. 



■ It prefers, apparently, the large 

 streams of the Cascades, both east and 

 west slopes, and appears to be more 

 abundant in the southern rivers — -Mc- 

 Kenzie, Rogue, Klamath, Shasta, etc. It 

 finds its way up the Sacramento to 

 Goose lake, and is also abundant in 

 Deschutes, Klickitat, White Salmon and 

 a few other mid-Columbia rivers. 



Some of the finest specimens ever 

 seen in Portland came from Silvies 

 river, a large stream flowing into the 

 land-locked waters of Malheur lake. 



Lewis river is the farthest west that 

 I have seen Rainbow trout, but prob- 

 ably Kalama has some too. 



Naturalists speak of Rainbows (as 

 distinct from the Steelhead) being 

 found in the waters of the sea on British 

 Columbia and Alaskan coasts. Dolly 

 Varden trout of great size swarm in the 

 Alaska seas in the neighborhood of the 

 rivers, and thousands are canned as 

 salmon on Bristol Bay, in the southeast 

 corner of Behring Sea. Several times 



I have seen Clark trout among young 

 salmon from Puget Sound, and they had 

 been netted in the same haul at sea. 

 The eastern brook trout goes to sea from 

 St. Lawrence river, and returns silvery 

 and spotless as "seatrout." The ten- 

 dency of this tribe of trout seems to be 

 to go to sea, at least from adjacent 

 rivers, and the Rainbow is probably no 

 exception. Of the Clark trout's going to 

 sea and return we know a little — more 

 than is known of any of the others, yet 

 very little. There are few things else 

 that I would rather know with certainty 

 than these times of the trout's sea-going, 

 the trout's reasons therefor, the changes 

 produced in their traits by this sea- 

 dwelling, and their return to the rivers. 

 The difficulty of observation is very 

 great, yet some of our coast streams 

 seem to offer ready opportunities. 



As to the sporting quality of the Rain- 

 bow, most of my readers are better in- 

 formed than I. Men who write good 

 books upon angling give this trout high 

 praise, and some say he is the greatest 

 fighter among the trouts. Most eastern 

 writers think him inferior in this trait 

 to the eastern brook trout. 



The Rainbow has been successfully 

 planted in many waters of the eastern 

 United States, in Europe ' and in New 

 Zealand. In the latter country it has in- 

 creased enormously both in numbers and 

 size, the giants of the tribe being numer- 

 ous there. 



THE STATE GAME DEPARTMENTS. 



Hon. William R. Oates, State Game, 

 Fish and Forestry Warden of Michi- 

 gan, in a letter to The Game Breeder 

 says : "This State has not yet attempted 

 to legislate in the interest of game breed- 

 ers. 



"I have noticed the law which has re- 

 cently been passed in Indiana and I am 

 sure that a law of that kind would not 

 be acceptable to people of this State as 

 no safeguards have been thrown around 

 this measure which would protect the 



wild game, therefore this department has 

 not recommended such a bill, although 

 we have been urged to do so by a few 

 people who desire to enter into the busi- 

 ness of propagating game in private en- 

 closures. 



"If this State should ever adopt a 

 law, having this for its object, I am sure 

 it will be safeguarded to such an extent 

 as to preserve the wild game of the 

 State. 



"This State has not yet attempted the 



