THE OREGON SPORTSMAN 



vertical rock which can be surmounted only by a long detour 

 to the rear, or passed by swimming the black depths of the stream 

 at its base. This is the character of the canyon of Tillasqua and 

 many other streams. Such perilous and forbidding waters offer 

 the persecuted trout secure retreats and will help to preserve the 

 stock for ages to come. 



Dr. Francis Cauthorn has told me of first-class fishing he has 

 enjoyed in the upper waters of Tillasqua above the canyon. 



In the mountain highlands at its head, heavily forested with 

 the most magnificent timber, rise important tributaries of Ne- 

 halem, falling south, and Young's River and Klaskanine, flowing 

 northwest into Young's Bay below Astoria. These two rivers 

 are reached most conveniently by boat from Astoria, or by a 

 road from Astoria to Olney. They are little fished, apparently, 

 and afford excellent sport. The state maintains a hatchery on 

 Klaskanine, and reports from there, Spring of 1913, tell of large 

 numbers of giant cut- throat trout taken there. 



Saddle Mountain, the noblest mass of the Coast Range, is 

 the western buttress of this mountain group. Lewis and Clark's 

 River rises at its base and flows north, a few miles east of the 

 railroad from Astoria to Seaside, falling into the western side of 

 Young's Bay. This fine river is little fished because of the dif- 

 ficulty in reaching its upper waters. It can be more conveniently 

 reached by boat from Astoria. Occasional anglers go in by a trail 

 which starts east from Wohana Station on the A. & C. For a 

 mile a fair road, then a winding trail following the ridge of the 

 range that fronts the sea, amid beautiful spruces and hemlocks, 

 and after crossing the ridge a steep, narrow track through im- 

 penetrable brush to the site of an old sawmill, from which either 

 right or left-hand trails lead down to the old Netul, which was 

 the Indian name of the stream. From here on there is no house or 

 clearing. The stream is pure and clear as God made it, a fellow 

 to the Nekanakum. One ought to camp at least one night on the 

 Netul, to get morning and evening fishing. 



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