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as the box was allowed to float away in the 
stream, the fish inside it swam in any direction. 
While the box was still, the 'fish, unless they 
made head against the stream, were carried 
along past their landmarks on the sides and 
bottom of the box. But when the box floated 
along with them, they carried their landmarks 
with them, and so they made no opposition 
to being swept along by the stream. 
FLY FISHING AT TRAPPERS LODGE. 
Shell P. O., Wyoming, October 15th,1914. 
Editor, Forest and Stream: 
Early in the season Miss Esther W., who had 
never thrown a fly, became most enthusiastic 
after landing a few near the house and so we 
got on our horses and started to go into the 
canyon of Trapper Creek, several miles up 
where the big trout are early in the season. 
This means a ride in very rough going. The 
trail through the canyon crosses Trapper Creek 
many times back and forth, through heavy 
brush, over rocky places where the horse foot¬ 
ing is insecure and there is no entrance or exit 
to or from the canyon for something like fif¬ 
teen miles. We reached the Big Spring which 
comes from the face of the cliff, some two hun¬ 
dred feet above the level of the creek and she 
became so fascinated with the beauty of its fall 
down to the creek that the fishing time was 
wasted and we gave that up. 
However, being told that the trout loved a 
pool just below where the spring mentioned 
enters the creek, she put rod together and on 
the first cast struck a beauty, handled him very 
nicely, and landed him safely, measuring sixteen 
inches. 
A few days later while we were all out for 
a ride through the canyon of Hill Creek, I 
posted the young ladies, letting several men look 
out for themselves, and Miss Mary W. landed 
the “yellow belly,” which measured exactly with 
the one mentioned above. Would mention that 
our native trout in these two creeks, in this 
valley, run ten to twelve inches in length: it is 
up above at the headwaters of the streams in the 
mountains, where the big ones live and thrive. 
Later, as a camping party, we went to the moun¬ 
tains, rods and tackle, bloomers and boots, six 
harness and ten saddle horses, but in the course 
of two weeks there were so many places of 
beauty and interest for the new people to ride 
to daily, so many grouse and sage hens to be 
shot and so much desultory fishing to be done 
that the good waters, being less accessible, were 
neglected. One day the writer rode down to 
the headwaters of the Little Horn, famed fur¬ 
ther down its length as the stream on which 
Custer fought his last fight. The others were 
to follow from our camp on Bald Mountain, 
and while I waited for them I filled my large 
creel with twenty-odd trout, two of them three 
pounders, the others lost the trail and failed to 
show up, going hungry as I had taken the lunch¬ 
eon for all. We had one good day’s fishing in 
upper Shell Creek a few days after that. I had 
posted Miss Gladys S. on a ledge of sloping 
granite over a beautiful pool where the dashing 
stream eased up for fifty yards. Having no 
success with flies beyond taking a sixteen-inch 
trout which matched the other two, she tried 
a ’hopper and casting at the edge of a black 
rock which was in about fifteen feet of water, 
struck a trout that was worth while. She had 
him well hooked following orders to “strike him 
hard,” and after tiring him for fifteen minutes 
it was only a question of landing him. This, 
however, as the ledge of rock was at least ten 
feet above the pool, was a question, and we de¬ 
cided to lift him gently by the line as he was 
practically finished, but tho’ this was most care¬ 
fully tried, his four or five pounds of weight was 
The Hawaiian Islands—a Mid-Pacific Eden 
—-a full-fledged territory of the United States, 
situated in the North Pacific Ocean, are located 
about 2,000 miles from San Francisco at the 
crossways of the Pacific. The total acreage of 
the Hawaiian Islands is a little more than 4,000,- 
000, being somewhat larger than Connecticut 
and Rhode Island together. The islands lie just 
within the tropics, but on account of their moun¬ 
tainous character—consisting, for the most part, 
of volcanic cones which have been worn down 
by action of the elements into fantastic pinacles, 
sharp ridges and deep ravines; the prevailing 
trade winds, and a cool ocean current, they have 
the temperature of a somewhat higher latitude. 
There is no other tropical land in the world 
where one may roam from sea beach to moun¬ 
tain top with absolutely nothing to fear from 
any animal creature. 
Steamer lines make Honolulu, the capital of 
the islands, their regular port of call from San 
Francisco, Vancouver and Salina Cruz on the 
West shore of the Pacific; from the Philippines, 
Chinese and Japanese ports; and from Austra¬ 
lia and New Zealand, by way of Fiji and Samoa 
in the South Seas. With the opening of the 
Panama Canal, the Hawaiian Islands will become 
the center of steamship traffic for both the At¬ 
lantic and Pacific oceans. 
From an angler’s standpoint, no more perfect 
spot in the world can be imagined than Hawaii. 
The island waters teem with game fish of great 
variety and size. When one considers that the 
fish of these islands were first officially recorded 
as early as 1782 by Broussonet from specimens 
obtained during Captain Cook’s third voyage to 
Hawaii, and that the United States Fish Com¬ 
mission have already described 447 distinct spe¬ 
cies of fish belonging to the region of the Ha¬ 
waiian Islands, exclusive of deep-sea fish, em¬ 
bracing a large number of the giant mackerels, 
such as the swordfish, tuna, ocean bonito and 
albacore, it is surprising that the excellent sport 
of game fishing with rod and reel in Hawaiian 
waters has not been given publicity both locally 
and on the mainland. 
Several reasons can be given for the lack of 
interest, until recently, in game fishing in Ha¬ 
waiian waters, not only by local anglers but by 
sportsmen who have visited the islands from 
time to time from the mainland and other places. 
Among others: first, the native Hawaiian method 
of fishing, from time immemorial, has been with 
either the seine, dip or scoop nets, or anchored 
offshore in depths ranging from twenty to one 
hundred fathoms of water, with hand lines from 
outrigger canoes; their principal catches have 
been the smaller inshore fishes or the larger 
too much for the flesh that held the hook in his 
mouth and just as his full length was fully out 
of the water, the hook cut out, the young lady 
shrieked in anger and despair and nearly slid 
off the rock into the water, dropped her rod, 
which did slide in but was recovered later and 
determined then and there to return next year 
to get that particular fish. And that is why we 
haven’t any trout worthy of your trophy up 
to date. W. H. W. 
fish from the deeper sea bottoms. With few 
exceptions, the game fish which are found in 
island waters, as is also the case in the fishing 
regions of the Pacific Coast and elsewhere, strike, 
or take the bait at or near the surface, by 
trolling along the offshore fishing banks and 
channels and around the deeper slopes out as 
far as the one thousand fathom line. The Japan¬ 
ese, being accustomed to this class of fishing in 
their home waters, and knowing the habitat of 
the game fish Hawaii, now regularly troll 
from their sampans along the island fishing 
grounds, bringing to the local markets game 
fish of large size and numerous species. Sim¬ 
ilar catches were impossible under the primitive 
fishing methods long followed by the native 
fishermen, and, consequently, it was left to the 
Japanese, from the character of their catches, 
to demonstrate the possibilities in Hawaiian 
waters of game fishing with rod and reel. Sec¬ 
ondly, it was difficult, at first, to identify the 
definite species of the game fish of Hawaii, or 
compare them intelligently with game fish in 
other waters, from the fact that the Hawaiian 
fishermen were in the habit of calling fishes 
and other sea animals by different names at vari¬ 
ous stages in their life, and also when there was 
a slight variation in their appearance; the fre¬ 
quent use, moreover, of a Hawaiian generic 
term for several species of fish was also con¬ 
fusing. 
Among the fish inhabiting these waters are 
the tuna, the albacore, the ocean bonito, the 
California bonito, the swordfish, the black sea bass, 
the tarpon, the dolphin, the barracuda, the ulua, 
and the frigate mackerel. 
The Hawaii Tuna Club extends to all lovers 
of game fishing with rod and reel a welcome to 
Hawaiian waters. A number of the members 
of the Tuna Club of Santa Catalina Island, Cali¬ 
fornia, have fished in local waters, and they have 
pronounced the sport excellent. 
GAME SHOOTING. 
In season, shooting for ducks and pheasants, 
plover, doves, etc., is of high class, and some 
excellent bags are constantly reported. Most of 
the pheasants are on preserved lands, but per¬ 
mission to shoot can usually be obtained from 
the owners. There is a gun license of $5.00. 
There are also wild cattle and wild dogs on 
Hawaii, Maui and Kauai. The snowcapped peaks 
of Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa afford fine moun¬ 
tain climbing, with magnificent marine views. 
These diversions will provide additional excel¬ 
lent sport to anglers who visit the islands for 
game fishing. 
(Continued on page 612.) 
Game Fishing in Hawaiian Waters and Other Sports 
By H. Gooding Field, Secretary, Hawaii Tuna Club. 
