THE OREGON SPORTSMAN 



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RIVERS AND STREAMS OF OREGON 



With Some Descriptions of the Country, Fish and Fishing— Part 7 



By JOHN GILL 



CLACKAMAS RIVER 



This splendid stream rises in the southeast corner of Clacka- 

 mas county near Lake Lisa on the summit of the Cascades, and 

 has a course of about 75 miles to its entrance into the Willamette 

 River near Oregon City. It receives many grand trout brooks, 

 and all deserve more space than can be given them here. Roar- 

 ing River, its main northeastern branch, North Fork and Eagle 

 Creek are all large tributaries, and the first two can be reached 

 only by a long trip into the mountains by trail. The lower 

 waters of Eagle Creek are accessible by the electric line to 

 Estacada and Cazadero. The upper Clackamas and its branches 

 are in deep canyons and sometimes unapproachable for miles. 

 The streams are deep and powerful, and the angler should 

 be a handy man at shifting for himself in the woods. In our 

 summer months a tent is unnecessary, as a bark or brush camp 

 can easily be made with a small axe, and there are ferns or 

 abundant moss which can be stripped in great rolls from the 

 trees for one's bed. 



In the Clackamas and other streams of the Cascades, cut- 

 throat, rainbow and Dolly Varden trout abound, but to the 

 northward the cutthroat seem more numerous, while rainbow 

 and Dolly Varden increase in numbers toward California. 



Two of the Clackamas' lower tributaries — Clear Creek and 

 Deep Creek — which are more readily accessible by electric line, 

 are good fishing. Eagle Creek P. 0. is a convenient and com- 

 fortable base for fishing the stream of that name, and Viola 

 for Clear Creek. 



The angler on Eagle Creek will do well to look out for 

 certain places where the face of the high cliffs peels off in 



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