What is the "Silver Trout"?--Evidence in Favour of a
New Species--Difference in Appearance from the
Rainbow--A Jumper--Native of Kamloops and Shuswap
Lakes--A Bag of Twenty-four--The Dolly Varden--Origin
of the Name--Not a Free Riser--Grayling--Chub
and Squaw Fish--Great Lake Trout--The Silver
Fish at Spence's Bridge--Salmon or Steel-head?--Cut-throat
Trout--Possible Fishing Tour in British
Columbia 34

CHAPTER V.

Other Lakes--Long Lake--Its Silvery Trout--Fish Lake--Extraordinary
Fishing--Fifteen Hundred Trout in
Three Days--A Miniature Gaff--Uses of a Collapsible
Boat--Catching Fish Through the Ice--Mammit Lake--Nicola
Lake--Beautifully Marked Trout in Nicola
River--"The Little Red Fish" 46

CHAPTER VI.

The Kootenay District--Sawdust and Dynamite--Fine Sport
in Vancouver--Harrison River and Lake--Big Fish in
the Coquehalla--The Steel-head in the Fraser--Need for
Better River Protection 65

CHAPTER VII.

The Salmons of the Pacific--Legends Concerning Them--The
Five Species--Systems of Migration--Powers of
Endurance--Absence of Kelts--Do They Take a Fly?--Terrible
Mortality--"A Vivid Red Ribbon"--Points
of Difference Between the Quinnat and _Salmo salar_--Work
of the Canneries--Artificial Propagation 72

CHAPTER VIII.

The Diplomat and the Salmon--The Struggle for Existence--Salmon
and Steel-head Liable to be Confused--Sport
in Tidal Waters--The Campbell River--The Pioneers--A
River of Fifty-Pounders--Smaller Salmon on the
Fly--Method of Fishing--Tackle--Typical Good Bags--The
Steel-head--Cost of Fishing--Dangers of Over-Fishing
for Canneries--A Good Trolling Time 91

CHAPTER IX.

Recapitulation of Salmon and Trout Problems--Importance
of Preserving British Columbian Fisheries--Possibility
of Introducing Atlantic Salmon--Question of Altering
Present Close Season for Trout--Past and Present
Neglect of Trout Fisheries--Need for Governmental
Action--Difficulties in the Way of it--Conclusion 107

CHAPTER X.

Tuna Fishing at Avalon, Santa Catalina Island 118

FISHING IN BRITISH COLUMBIA.

CHAPTER I.

The Rainbow Trout--Names--Distribution--Appearance--Size in British
Columbia--Its Food--Fly-fishing for--Sporting
Qualities--Possibility of New S