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FOREST AND STREAM 
April, 1922! 
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Saddle and Pack-Horse Excursions 
CAMPING 
FISHING 
HUNTING 
Visit Picturesque British 
Columbia. Fish in her riv- 
ers and lakes. Hunt in her 
mountains and forests. Camp 
under her sunny skies and 
follow her winding trails. 
Go where motor and rail- 
r o a d cannot. Enjoyable 
packing trips through the 
Lillooett and Lower Cariboo 
country from June until Oc- 
tober. Hunting and fishing 
trips in season. 
All parties personally con- 
ducted by an experienced 
guide and hunter. 
Well -broken Saddle-horses — 
Full Camp and Pack- 
ing Equipment 
Experienced Packers and 
Horsemen — Competent 
Camp Cook 
Special Accommodations for 
Ladies 
Reasonable terms — rates on 
parlies of three or more. 
For full particulars address: 
W. G. ADLER 
70 Mile House Post Office, Brown Meadows Ranch 
Cariboo Road, B. C. Canada 
Reference: BANK OF MONTREAL. ASHCROFT. B. C. = 
Fishing! 
The best, most varied and 
“gamiest” on earth. 
’Way up in the 
MAINE WOODS 
In the Shade of Mt. Katahdin 
easily and comfortably accessi- 
ble. There the fishing is perfect. 
Experienced, licensed guides 
know every foot of the well- 
nigh countless forest-waters. 
Thru Sleeping end Dining Cars 
HUNTING, CANOEING, 
CAMPING, HIKING 
and erery delight of the wilds 
absolutely safe. 
WOMEN ANGLERS 
will find every facility for their 
comfort ; the further and nearer 
streams alike are prolific in 
sport. 
Get the Book 
Send for “In the Alaine Woods, 
illustrated. It has many new 
features, including colored sectional 
maps, a list of the principal waters 
and how they may be reached, dis- 
tances from R. R, stations, rates for 
guides, camps and hotels. Mailed for 
10 cents, and many times worth it, 
for it contains everything one wishes 
to know. It is a mine of information. 
Address Vacation Bureau Depart- 
ment J. 
BANGOR & AROOSTOOK R. R. 
Bangor, Me. 
Geo. M. Houghton, Gen’l Passenger Agt. 
Spring Bear Hunting 
FOR RED-BLOODED SPORTSMEN 
Write me about the big Grizzly of Thorofare and 
Bridget Lake. Full information to those interested. 
CECIL J. HUNTINGTON 
Ishawooa, Wyoming Via Cody 
INDIAN MEADOWS RANCH 
Spend your vacation on a Wyoming ranch, 
on the north fork of the Wind River, in the 
big-game country. Trout fishing, horseback 
riding, camping trips in the mountains with 
pack outfits. Trips to Jackson’s Hole and 
Yellowstone Park. Elk, Sheep and Deer- 
hunting in season. Write for rates, etc. 
T. M. BAIN 
Indian Meadows Ranch, Circle, Wyoming 
JACKSON’S HOLE COUNTRY 
Spend your summer vacation on a ranch 
in the beautiful Jackson’s Hole country. 
Gentle saddle horses, mountain trails, superb 
lakes, trout streams unsurpassed, auto roads 
to the wonderful Hoback Canyon, Yellow- 
stone and other scenic points. 
Best of reference; for further information 
write FRED LOVEJOY, Jackson, Wyoming. 
Hotel Kemuezvous 
HOMOSASSA, FLA. 
Good Hunting and Fishing, Rowing, Motor- 
boating on the Beautiful Homosassa River. 
8 Miles from the Gulf 
Best Accomodations Reasonable Rates 
FRED BAESSLER, Prop. 
ADIRONDACK 
Fisherman, hunter, or pleasure-seeker, we are 
ready for you at Sunset Inn, on the largest lake 
in the Mountains. Here game abounds and nature 
reigns supreme. Small camps ; fireplace ; lounging 
room, dancing, and all improvements. Write for 
particulars. 
BEEBE & ASHTON 
Cranberry Lake New York 
NORTHERN ONTARIO 
Wabi-Kon Camp 
Lake Timagami 
Ontario, Canada 
The unspoilf'd ctmntry — A real North Woods (’amp with 
every comfort in the heart of four million acres of 
virgin forest — 1502 lakes. Wonderful fishing. Guides, 
Boats, Canoes and Lannehos, Bathing. Tramping. One 
night from Toronto. Excellent table. Write for liooklets. 
MISS E, ORR, 250 Wright Ave.. Toronto. Ont. 
very chilly and very unrestful bivouac inf 
a fence corner under the open sky, so 
that we might be on one of the most if 
distant streams at the first gray of dawn, v 
\Ve would follow the water all day long, < | 
hurrying from one valley to another until . | 
we had covered four or even five of the 
trout streams by dusk. Then we would 
swing cheerfully, if somewhat stiffiy, 
homeward, with oozing shoes that dried ^ 
ont on the nine-mile hike that lay be- | 
tween ns and supper. 
Our passion was not merely the primi- 
tive joy of the chase, of capturing and [ 
possessing creatures that must be taken | 
by toil and cunning craft. We had eyes 
and ears wide open to every sign and ' 
sound of the spring — reactions to them ! 
that were reflexes of the time of the year f 
and of our own youth. Under the ten- ' 
sion and in the exhilaration of the sport, 
those impressions became so interwoven 
in the pattern of our e.xperiences that no ! 
wear of time can ever erase the figure, f' 
To-day, the glint of marsh marigolds un- 
der budding trees, the odor of the benja- 
min bush in blossom, the whiteness of , 
clustered bloodroot flowers against a 
gray tree hole, the wheeling notes of 
the veery hidden in the thicket, or the 
sight of a water-thrush tilting his dainty 
way by the edge of the pool — all waken ; 
memories that wing hack like bees to the 
hive of recollections clustering about our 
boyish fishing adventures. 
\\'e were keen sportsmen, though, avid- 
ly reading everything we could find bear- 
ing on the art, and trying with scientific 
seriousness to apply it to our situation. ■ 
I recall especially devouring Kingsley’s ' 
“Chalk Stream Studies,” and testing;] 
some of. his precepts in a way he cer- 
tainly never foresaw or expected. Con- 
sidering the total difference of fish, water ■ 
and conditions, the Canon came through 
the ordeal with his authority as an angler 
still in surprisingly good standing. 
Our tackle also reflected the same seri- 
ous devotion to a pursuit which had re- , 
ceived the sanction of great masters. 
Our rods were home-made, but they were 
really well built, gracefully proportioned 
and balanced and quite workmanlike. 
The}' consisted of two joints, heavily 
shouldered at the butt into a short handle 
carrying the reel plate. The handle we 
had turned, but the joints we worked 
down ourselves from the square, with 
a small plane at first, then with glass and 
fine sandpaper, tapering to a very deli- 
cate tip. One of mine, a Bethahara, or 
“wausaha” wood, remained in service for 
nearly thirty years as a bait rod and 
light fly rod for short casting, and finally 
succumbed to bad storage and the climate 
— I suppose a kind of rod rheumatism. j 
O UR several brooks differed greatly 
in aspect and characteristics, and 
their trout were so markedy different 
that I could tell pretty accurately by I - 
looking into a basket which stream the 0 ' 
fish came from. The Palisades brook / ; 
slipped down a series of smooth inclined f : 
planes, and the trout haunted the swift t ; 
water, sometimes taking the bait mid- S 
way of one of these riffles. They were i ' 
fat, solid fellows, with very pink flesh, j 
Our most easterly stream, on the other I ; 
hand, flowed through flat, marshy mea- 1 
