The Sunday Oregonian., April 09, 1911, SECTION SIX, Page 4, Image 72

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THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, APRIL 9, 1911.
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of Anglers to Network of
Streams in Easy Striking Distance of
Portland Bait Fishing Is the Rule at
This Season, But Great Fly Casting
Is Soon to Follow The Clackamas River Is
Hardest Fished Stream in Oregon Some of
the Favorite FishingPlaces
1 ROM the trea of a buny office in
If tha heart of th bualnesa district
to tha dallcloua leiaura of a apark
'lln trout stream la a transition that
ran b affected In an hour or two by
the Part lander.
For while It la the rula that bla- cities
' and good fUhtna trt not neighbors.
! Portland la the exception that provre
jthe rule. Inroada of tens of thousanda
of flahertnen through many years hare
not sufficed to wipe out royal sport
' In streeons within easy traTellna; dis
tance so that the rea-lon hereabouts
atUl remain) a sort of fisherman's para
dise. Take th city man .of other regions
who haa Inherited or acquired a fancy
for field and stream and th Indulgence
of his favored pastlm means great
sacrifices of time and money. At best.
If he haa money and soma leisure, he
can get out only one or twice a year.
Th working man. In auch communi
ties, can't get out at all on account of
th expena.
But anybody can go fishing from
Fotland almost any time.
Whll there la fishing hereabouts tha
whole year around the best of the fish
ing year Is Just approaching. Th
trout season has been open only a fsr
days, but It was ushered In with a
week of warm weather and a number
of good catches.
Whether you are going fishing by
auto. team, railway, streetcar or on
foot, the journey need not be a distant
one. There are streams far back In
the unfrequented places, of course,
where the trout will rush upon your
tackle furiously. But for fishing that
will aatlsfy th normal fisherman, a
coupl of hours of trarel suffices.
First of all. la point of popular favor,
comes th Clackamas River. Bark East
they would call It Clackamas Creek. It
can be struck a few mile due south
1 t-t th city aftu a streetcar Journey of
' I minutes' duration. Kipling haa ,
written alluringly of th fishing to b
had on th Clackamas at that point.
But Kipling saw th place 10 years
ago. and things bav changed sine
then.
Flsblnf on the Clack ami.
Good flohrng may be encountered
there now. but th amateur would stand
ltttie show, for hard fishing has left th
wary trout more wary than ever. It la
better to make farther back on Ita
course. Over' 10 miles of the river Is
to be reached by electric railway.
In th deep, swift flowing Clackamas
thousanda of tons of trout and gam
fish abound. It Is th hardest-fished
stream In Oregon, and has been tor SO
years. Tet. oddly enough, the supply
of fish does not run short. Big catches
are mad every week of th season.
Occasionally there comes a day where-
not a fish will bit In the Clackamas.
No adequate explanation haa been
mad of this fact. Such daya are not
frequent, however, and th skilled
fisherman la usually assured of a fair
catch,
East of th city Is to bo found a
perfect network of trout streams, most
of them heading on Mount Hood. Th
Bandy and Salmon rivers are th larg
est and most popular of then streams.
To get to th really good fishing on
th Salmon River an hour's travel
by car Is followed by a stage trip
of several hours. Th Sandy can be
reached by way of Gresham. or -by
automobile or team direct from Port
land. An. auto can run out th II
miles from Portland In less than an
hour, as th road la on of th county's
best.
Running Into th Sandy are Gordon,
Trout and Deer creeks, all excellent
IltU trout streams, which Invariably
yield a good catch of small ipeckled
trout.
South and east of th city are John-
eon. Eagle. Deep and Clear creeks, all
carrying plenty of water at this sea- ,
son and yielding good catches for bait
fishermen. Bull Run also Is a favorite
haunt of many fishermen.
Brat Early Fhthlng.
Juat at ihis season the very best
fishing Is to b had In streams that do
not head in snow water. Coast streams
ars much better for early bait fishing.
The best bait fishing for April and
early May within a ahort distance of
Portland Is to be found In the Forent
Grove district. In such streams as th
Tualatin. Dairy Creek. Scrogglns Creek
or Gales Creek. There Is no snow wa
ter In these streams.
Small streams emptying Into the
Columbia on both sides as well as
above and below Its Junction with the
Willamette afford good fishing. Tanner
and Herman creeks, on the upper Co
lumbia, as well as Scappoose Creek.
Tide Creek and the Clatskanle, below
th Willamette, are usually productive
of good yields. Near Seaside, the Ne
canlcum la a favorit haunt of beach
visitors, while brook trout are. to be
had several miles upstream from Sea
side. For those who wish to spend, sev
eral days, th field Is both promising
and unlimited. Such streams as the
Washougal. Klickitat. Lewis and Ka
lama rivers on the Washington side of
th Columbia are noted for big gum
fish, and furthermore, all are easy of
access.
In Eastern Oregon there are the
Wallowa and Deschutes rivers, with
their smaller tributaries: in Southern
Oregon the far-famed McKenzle and
Rogue - Rivers, also with tributaries;
while the Oregon coast streams are
legion and all of them teeming with
willing trout.
Last but not least. Is the big frame
fishing at Oregron City a trip of less
than an hour from Portland by elec
tric car or rail.
Here the big- Chinook salmon are
caught with hook and line. And catch
ing; these young whales is a special
science in Itself. Twenty pounds is the
weight of a very small chlnook. and
the chnook is every inch a fighter. Get
one weighing 40 or 50 pounds on your
line and you have an hour's work ahead
that will afford you the struggle of
your life. Strength, skill and. good
tackle must be combined for fishing In
this favorite haunt of the big game
fishermen of Portland and Oregon.
Salmon eggs and spoons are mainly
used at this season. It ' will be May
before successful fly fishing may ba
expected, and good fly fishing rarely
precedes August in the streams that
head in the high, snow-capped moun
tains. The streams that have been referred
to are among the most popular of the
many fishing places. There are others,
near and far. The newcomer may not
have the very best luck In many of
the streams the very first time out, for
It takes time and patience to learn
the good holes and riffles and th
haunts and habits of game fish.
Orer-Systematized Books. i
National Magazine.
Give me the. good old books they
may repose undisturbed upon the
shelves for weeks, months or even
years, but each one has attached to
it a memory. There is no catalogue
no classification no card index. Some
times I think books, as well as folks,
are over-systematized these days, and
It's just a delightful harum-scarum
library that we have In our home.
Every hour of the day will bring its
own pleasure or profit, as the eye runs
over the backs of the books, and
chooses Its own, rather than going
through the passionless survey of a
sterilized set of exact card indexes.
Why He "Beat It."
Georsre T lov vou. darllnl?! Will VOU
be my wife? '
Mildred Oh, George, won't you
please say that again?
George Why?
girls when I get home that I have had
two proposals this Summer. Sommar-
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