THE OREGON SPORTSMAN 83 



NOTES FOR THE ANGLER. 



BY 

 W. F. BACKUS 



Salmon trolling at Oregon City opened about March 15, at 

 which date there was a light run of spring Chinooks in the river. 

 The members of The Salmon Club got busy at once, and on 

 March 21 first honors for the season were taken by 0. P. Locke, 

 who landed a Chinook weighing 24 pounds. This was the first 

 salmon which Locke had ever hooked, and it was taken on a 

 light two-joint bass rod. On the same day F. W. Knoll got one 

 weighing 15 pounds, also on light tackle. 



On Saturday, March 27, another man got his button, the 

 lucky angler being L. W. Humphreys, who caught one scaling 

 21!/2 pounds. By the way, this was Humphrey's eighteenth trip 

 to the falls after a button fish, and he ought to have a special 

 reward for perseverance. March 28, two more salmon were taken 

 on the light gear, one weighing 23% pounds by Perry Kitzmiller, 

 and a 20-pounder by Warren Cornell. 



The next tussle will be to see who gets the first 30-pound 

 fish, as the winner will receive a fine Hardy fly reel as prize. 



After dozens of local anglers had combed the Sandy river 

 for steelheads all winter, it remained for F. M. West to get the 

 biggest fish just a few days ago. While fishing in the Bull Kun, 

 a short distance below the power plant, West hooked his big 

 steelhead on trout tackle. It took almost an hour to tire the 

 monster fish, which tipped the beam at 27 pounds. The big 

 steelhead was poor, owing to his long fast in fresh water, and 

 must have weighed at least 35 pounds when he first left salt 

 water. 



From Bull Run also comes the tale of a big fish which got 

 away. While fishing the deep pools above the station, Warren 

 Cornell hooked a fish which was probably a steelhead of immense 

 size. For fully two hours this fish fought his way down stream, 

 and at no time was Cornell able to get him near enough to even 

 get a fair look at him. The stream is filled with huge boulders 

 at this point, and the fish worked down from one rock to an- 

 other, always keeping down out of sight. Constant rubbing over 

 the rough boulders finally proved too much for the line, and it 



