206 THE OREGON SPORTSMAN 
good fishing. The ease with which they can be reached makes them 
the streams of busy people and those who cannot afford to go often 
except on Sundays and holidays, where they can go out and back 
the same day, or one day and a night, which is enjoyed by those that 
cannot take long camping trips. But at the same time it has regions 
farther back from settlement in the mountains where one can go and 
find the best of fishing and be away from the much traveled localities, 
where the country and surroundings are still as nature made them. 
With respect to angling streams, this county is divided naturally 
by the topography of the country into three divisions: (1) The Sandy 
and Bull Run country, having tributaries such as Salmon River, Little 
Sandy, Cedar Creek and others; (2) the Clackamas country, which 
spreads out in a fanlike shape to the summit of the mountains, with 
such tributaries as Eagle Creek, Deep Creek, Clear Creek, North and 
South Forks, Roaring River, Oak Grove and Colliwash, each of which 
are good sized streams and have tributaries of their own; (3) the 
Molalla River country, with three forks of this river, and Milk Creek, 
Trout Creek, Gawley and Pine Creeks. 
The Sandy River country is reached by the Bull Run car line from 
Portland, and by auto road that runs to Mount Hood and-on over the 
summit of the mountains. This region has much attractive scenery, 
as well as good trout and salmon streams. Some day this will be 
the route of one of the noted scenic highways of the state. The 
Clackamas country is reached by the Estacada line, and fairly good 
auto roads from Portland and other points; except the high mountain 
country, which can only be reached by trails, but good ones, making 
all parts of the Oregon National Forest accessible to the summit of 
the mountains and beyond. The Molalla country is reached from 
Oregon City and Portland by both electric and steam road, and has 
some very good trout streams. Good camping places are to be found 
along the streams of all these regions; even good hotels in a number 
of places. 
Most of the mountain lakes and streams of this part of the coun- 
try that had no fish in them have been stocked, except those that 
are over one day’s travel from the railroad, and there are a number 
of these, both lakes and streams. Carrying trout fry for liberating 
on pack horses over mountain trails has been found to be a very 
satisfactory method. Very few are lost and they are not much trouble 
after packing them on and starting. The shaking the cans get from 
the motion of the horses keeps the water aerated and does not 
require frequent changing when the weather is not too warm. Trout 
do unusually well in all mountain lakes and streams. In the lakes 
especially they grow to be a large size in two or three years. Rainbow 
Trout put in two lakes near Oak Grove Ranger Station, about 30 miles 
up the river from Estacada, were from 12 to 14 inches in length the 
third year. They seem to grow faster in the lakes than in the small 
streams. 
The people who have been most instrumental in stocking up the 
streams of these localities have been the sportsmen’s organizations of 
Estacada, Oregon City and Molalla, with the help of others not con- 
nected with any organizations. A good start has been made, but 
double the number of fish that have been liberated in any previous 
year would not be any too many. This is not written with the idea 
of boosting, or putting one locality ahead of another, but by reason 
of its closeness and accessibility to the largest city and the most 
populous section of Oregon, it is important that the fishing be kept up. 
The sportsmen who live in the immediate locality and have done most 
