296 . THE. OREGON SPORTSMAN 
s° “The temperature of the water at the point of delivery to the: 
troughs varies with the:season and the weather. In January, 1916, the 
thermometer registered from O degrees to 8 degrees C. for four days. 
In. May it reached 16.5 degrees.C,, the high mark for the year. Dur- 
ing the month of April, temperatures taken at nine o’clock in the morn-: 

Experiment Station—Interior Laboratory. 
ing were, on April 2, 7.5 degrees C., on April 25, 12.5 degrees C. “The 
extreme range of diurnal variation observed is 3. 8 degrees C., with an 
average of 1.5 degrees C. 
- - An experiment station concerned with problems of fish culture 
would not be complete without rearing ponds. As yet these do not 
exist, though the need for them has been distinctly felt. There is 
excellent opportunity, however, for their construction in the stream 
bed under ideal ean conditions. 
GOOD FISHING IN LANE COUNTY—THE 
REASON — 
By Warpen E. C. Hits. 
For good Hoiine in Lane county we can certainly give the State 
Fish and Game Commission credit. The planting of fish each year has 
increased the supply greatly and they are larger than ever known be- 
fore. During the last three years there has been more large fish caught 
(from 214 to 5% pounds) than I ever knew of and I have fished the 
streams of Lane-county for 25 years. Another reason is that the stop- 
ping of the big log drives has been a benefit. to the spawning fish of the 
Willamette and the McKenzie rivers—the two best Rainbow streams 
in the State of Oregon. 
Eugene is the headquarters for fishing parties from the outside. 
Leaving Eugene and'‘traveling up the Willamette we first come to Hills 
Creek, with eight miles of trout fishing, then we come to Little Falls 
Creek, with 14 miles of fishing, and then we strike a logging dam which 
forms a lake of ten acres, teeming with Cutthroat trout from 10 to 24 
inches in length. Next comes Big Fall Creek, with 20 miles of good 
Rainbow fishing, and a little above we come to Lost Creek, with 15 
miles of fishing. Going on up the main river we have 40 miles of the 
best fishing until we come to the North Fork and go up the stream 30 
miles. We have seen 40 nice fish taken out of one hole in this fork of 
