136 THE OREGON SPORTSMAN 
MANY STEELHEADS CAUGHT IN TILLA- 
MOOK COUNTY 
By WARDEN C. W. LouGHERY, Tillamook, Oregon 
Fishing in Tillamook County has become more general the past 
few weeks owing to more suitable weather for fishing. Some good 
catches have been made, especially of steelheads, by hook and line in 
the Nestucca and Nehalem Rivers; while others have done some fly 
fishing with good results. 
There was a good run of steelheads which gave plenty of sport te 
those who went fishing in these rivers since the nets have been taken 
out. This helped to make fishing with hook and line more successful. 
As an illustration of this, M. E. Gruber, William Donough and C. H, 
Wolfe were out for a day’s fishing and for a short time fished from 
the Trask River bridge. Gruber hooked a large steelhead with his small! 
hook and line, and it looked as if it were impossible to land the fish. 
His companions bet him he could never land it, but Gruber being a 
good sport bet them he would. So he played the fish until he had all 
the life taken out of him, then derricked him up hand over hand much 
to the surprise of his companions. Wolfe’s fish were all under size so 
he did not bring any home. Donough had several good strikes but 
yanked too hard and pulled the heads off two or three. 
When they arrived at the Ramsay Hotel, Gruber did the right 
thing by his friends by giving Wolfe the steelhead and taking Donough 
home to supper. Bill said that there was one old friend who was 
absent, but not through any fault of his own, and that was no less a 
person than old man Joe B, Frazer. With him the party would have 
been complete. 
Trout fishing has started and as the Trask and Tillamook Rivers 
always provide plenty of sport in the early fishing season, these rivers 
will afford plenty of sport for the fishermen during the next few 
months. I have made frequent visits to all the rivers in Tillamook 
County the past few months and find that the people are complying 
with the laws. 
There have been large bands of geese flying north the last two 
weeks which indicates that we will have an early spring. 
GAME CONDITIONS IN JOSEPHINE COUNTY 
By JOHN B. HAMMERSLEY, Grants Pass, Oregon 
Editor Sportsman: 
Thought you would like to know how conditions are from a game 
standpoint in the vicinity of Willow Flat on upper Evans Creek. Will 
say that deer have wintered thus far reasonably well, considering the 
severity of the weather, the snow having been at times 30 inches deep 
on the level and at this writing is from 20 to 25 inches along the creek, 
where it is shaded from the sun. 
Deer are more plentiful in this district than I have seen them in 
years. Three deer came down across the meadow today, and one 
crossed the footbridge by the house. The killing of 15 cougar and sey- 
eral cats, together with the enforcement of the game laws, tend to be 
the means of keeping many bucks for the true sportsman in this dis- 
trict, for which it has been famed for years. 
