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THE OREGON SPORTSMAN 



Mrs. Smith, who is a very enthusiastic sportswoman, accompanies 

 me on all of my fishing trips and is quite expert in casting a fly up to 



about thirty feet. She is equipped 

 with hip waders, and has no fear of 

 swift water; while she has never 

 made any big catches, yet she has 

 picked up 15 and 18 on a fly in a 

 day's sport. 



We are both enthusiastic in fly 

 fishing, — do not use bait, and I 

 hope the time comes in Oregon when 

 salmon eggs will not be allowed to 

 be used on our streams. I was 

 once the user of salmon eggs, but 

 since I have learned the art of fly 

 casting, thanks to Mooch Abrahams, 

 fishing ceases to be sport unless I 

 can catch them on a fly. 



I had two deer hunts and was 

 successful in hearing them, but not 

 seeing them, because it was very 

 dry. I found a condition in the 

 mountains which is no doubt very 

 common to the old deer hunter, 

 something that interested me very 

 much as I am a great believer in 

 conservation of game. On ridge 

 after ridge along the main traveled 

 deer trails we would find within the 

 radius of a hundred square yards from 8 to 15 dead skeletons which were 

 killed no doubt by the cougar during the winter months. Many of the 

 deer hunters whom I talked with state the same condition, and if any 

 of our enthusiastic huntsmen are looking for the sport of shooting 

 cougar they will certainly have fine sport in that section. 



My only regret is that my trip couldn't last three months in place 

 of one. 



MRS. FRANK V. SMITH 

 Enthusiastic Angler 



THE GRAY WOLF OF THE CASCADES 



By John F. Short, Foster, Oregon 



AN article on the gray wolf of the Cascades may be of interest to 

 your readers. 

 During the summer for several years, I have bee.i employed 

 by the government in the Santiam Forest of the Cascades. My work 

 has been the building of trails, telephone work, etc. This has been an 

 opportunity for me to study the habits and inclinations of these 

 animals, and I have observed that the gray wolves are fast increasing 

 in number. 



I can well remember when it was a rare thing to see a wolf track 

 anywhere; but during the last few years they have become very numer- 

 ous. I have actually seen trails made by them through the forests, and 



