THE 



OREGON 



SPORTSMAj* 



from Eugene. Splendid fishing is re- 

 ported above Oak Eidge. 



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Webster Kincaid reports that he 

 caught eighty-eight trout in two 

 days, fishing from a boat in the 

 Willamette Eiver, near Oak Eidge. 



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Very good fishing is reported in 

 the McKenzie Eiver, from twenty- 

 seven to sixty miles from Eugene. 

 This is accessible daily by auto stage 

 which leaves Eugene at 6 A. M. 



* * * 



A number of fishermen have made 

 very good catches in the Willamette 

 by hauling a skiff up fifteen or 

 twenty miles from Eugene and fish- 

 ing down. 



LINN. 



Hamilton Creek, about five miles 

 from Silverton, is a fair place for 

 fishing. A number of good catches 

 were made the first of the season, 

 but now the stream is pretty well 

 fished out. 



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Fishing on both forks of the San- 

 tiam Eiver above Foster, twenty 

 miles from Lebanon, is good. Some 

 splendid catches of trout are made 

 by using flies. 



* * * 



At Clear Lake, east of Foster, 

 and at Fish Lake, two miles from 

 Clear Lake, trout are abundant and 

 easily caught. 



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Fishing has recently been very 

 good in the north fork of the San- 



tiam, about a half a mile north of 

 Lyon. The fish range from ten to 

 eighteen inches in length, and are 

 caught principally with flies. 

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Brownsville reports show that the 

 deer are plentiful around the Dia- 

 mond Eanch, twenty-four miles east 

 of Brownsville. The deer seem to 

 be coming down from the higher 

 mountains during the past few days. 



TILLAMOOK. 



Walter Honeyman, of Portland, 

 killed three bears during the past 

 month near Seaside. More than the 

 usual number of bears are reported 



in that locality. 



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Scott Obey and Fire Warden 

 Wilkes caught 100 trout on the Trask 

 Eiver, August 17, using crawfish for 



bait. 



* * * 



Fishing is reported good for black- 

 spotted trout in the Big Nestucea, 

 Trask and Wilson Elvers, many be 

 ing caught weighing 3% pounds, No. 

 4 Backus fly being used. 



* * * 



Fishing not so good in the Ne- 

 halem Eiver as in former years, ow- 

 ing to the P. E. & N. E. E. Co. tak- 

 ing gravel from the river bed, which 

 causes the water to become muddy. 



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Bears are reported plentiful around 



Netarts Bay. 



* * * 



Salmon fishing has been reported 

 as good during the past several days 

 at the mouth of the rivers flowing 

 into Tillamook Bay. 



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