36 THE OREGON SPORTSMAN 



HABITAT OF THE RAINBOW. 



Authorities referred to above state that the Rainbow is the 

 typical trout of coastwise streams, and that it is not found east 

 of the Sierra Nevada or Cascade ranges ; yet in the same chapter 

 the waters of the Klamath lake and its tributaries are cited as the 

 most remarkable Rainbow trout fishing in America. 



The great typical Rainbow is not found in Oregon or Wash- 

 ington coastal rivers, though abundant in Rogue river above 

 Grants Pass. Neither is it seen in the west-side streams of the 

 Willamette. 



It prefers, apparently, the large streams of the Cascades, both 

 east and west . slopes, and appears to be more abundant in the 

 southern rivers — McKenzie, Rogue, Klamath, Shasta, etc. It finds 

 its way up the Sacramento to Goose lake, and is also abundant in 

 Deschutes, Klickitat, White Salmon and a few other mid-Columbia 

 rivers. 



Some of the finest specimens ever seen in - Portland came 

 from Silvies river, a large stream flowing into the land-locked 

 wate'rs of Malheur lake. 



Lewis river is the farthest west that I have seen Rainbow 

 trout, but probably Kalama has some too. 



Naturalists speak of Rainbows (as distinct from the Steel- 

 head) being found in the waters of the sea on British Columbia 

 and Alaskan coasts. Dolly Varden trout of great size swarm in 

 the Alaska seas in the neighborhood of the rivers, and thousands 

 are canned as salmon on Bristol bay, in the southeast corner of 

 Behring sea. Several times I have seen Clark trout among young 

 salmon from Puget sound, and they had been netted in the same 

 haul at sea. The eastern brook trout goesi to sea from St. Law- 

 rence river, and returns silvery and spotless as "seatrout." The 

 tendency of this tribe of trout seems to be to go to sea, at least 

 from adjacent rivers, and the Rainbow is probably no exception. 

 Of the Clark trout's going to sea and return we know a little — 

 more than is known of any of the others, yet very little. There 

 are few things else that I would rather know with certainty than 

 these times of the trout's sea-going, the trout's reasons therefor, 

 the changes produced in their traits by this sea-dwelling, and their 



