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face to catch insects, I noticed that they 
were grabbing a small white miller that 
flew low above the water. I stepped back 
from the water’s edge so that my shadow 
should not be reflected upon the water 
and put on a white miller fly. My first 
cast was not rewarded, but the second 
one brought forth a strike from a large 
trout. A silver-colored flash told me 
that he was going to be mine if I had 
patience enough. The water boiled 
madly in that pool as I played the fish. 
He was loath to give up the struggle, 
but at length he could hold out no 
longer and I reeled him in. I took out 
my watch. I had played him just fifteen 
minutes. 
When I returned to camp I discovered 
that my partner had one twenty-five 
inches long while mine was twenty-four, 
just one inch shorter. His weighed 
three pounds and two ounces while mine 
weighed three exactly. 
The kind of fly to use in Sawtooth 
streams depends upon the weather, time 
of year and the place. In the dark, deep 
pools on Wood River I have had excellent 
luck with a white miller. To a fish 
below the water’s surface this glittering 
white fly presents a striking picture. It 
attracts him to the surface. The angler 
should watch closely to see what insects 
are flitting about the water. The man 
who does this will more than double the 
catch made by the man who doesn’t, pro- 
vided, of course, he puts this knowledge 
to use and is as skillful in playing his 
fish. 
Like all other Sawtooth streams, Wood 
River is very clear. Rocks and occa- 
sionally fish can be observed plainly far 
beneath the sparkling surface. I was 
fishing in this stream once when I was 
amazed to see a trout in a deep pool. He 
looked to be at least seven pounds in 
weight. I cast for him, using a black 
gnat fly. He rose once, but I realized 
that my shadow on the water, although 
he could not see me, was going to prevent 
me from getting him. I tried many 
times for him in after days, but he 
would just come up, take one look at 
the fly and go back. He seemed to say: 
“Is that all you’ve got to offer?” I did 
offer him many different kinds of flies 
and even caught a grasshopper, thinking 
that he might respond to boyhood meth- 
ods, but it was no use. So far as I 
know he is still ruling over that pool. 
Wood River flows through a beautiful 
wooded valley. The pines which bor- 
der it near its junction with Warm 
Springs Creek are at length replaced 
by the indigo-colored spruces. 
Several times on my Sawtooth trips I 
have fished in Trail Creek. This stream 
is not so beautiful as the others and, 
in addition to this drawback, the wind 
seems to get a clear sweep at the canyon 
in which it is located. Many anglers 
have said that it was the most disagree- 
able of all Sawtooth streams. The fish- 
ing is excellent, but the trout are smaller 
than those found in the average streams. 
Much of this creek winds through pas- 
ture land. The major portion of it is 
very low and mosquitoes are more nu- 
merous than along the other streams. 
The rainbow trout of this stream are 
letter eating than the salmon variety 
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