The Savannah morning news., 1903-10-11

end of your cast of the exact brand
affected by the trout at that season,
and on that very day To make a big
basket of Kootenay trout, in addition
to casting a long, light line, the fish
erman must study their whims and ca
prices; doing this, his reward will be
great and the cup of his content will
! overflow" Then think of doing all
this from the deck of houseboati All!
but not always. Sometimes the fight
| ing fish uses such wiles and stratagems
that the deck of the boat has to be
abandoned and the angler, not to be de-
| frauded of his prey, has to betake him
| self, to a canoe, and wage his fight
hither and thither, over the cold, green
lake, while all the time his fingers grow
supple, his muscles turn to iron and
his lungs expand with life-giving air.
So brave the fish, so delicate the tackle,
so slight the bait--that it is a most eX-
citing contest. Too much cannot be
said in favor of the fishing on the Koo-
tenay, and the season lasts from the
middle of March to the middle of DC
tober, and yet while l speak so glow
| ingly of the sport on Kootenay Lake,
l am aware that in no place in British
Columbia, on it's lakes or rivers. can
the genuine angler go unrewarded of
great success and most exhilarating
sport. But fair Kootenay seems to be
paradise of climate and scenery, as
well as of sport.
Hunting the Big Game.
But where is the big game to be
found? / might reply. almost every
where in British Columbia, but l pre-
fer to speak by the book. / have be-
fore me, issued by the Canadian Pacific
Railway, a sheet called THE Sports
mems Map, showing where game
abounds in the Dominion of Canada"
About 100 miles north of the main line
in a rough, wild country, once the
choice possession of the Hudson Bay
Company, is a region marked thus:
Forest full of big and small game,
area about 2,250,000 square miles" This
is the hunting ground of the conti-
nent, containing even one herd of the
almost extinct buffalo, and also the
very rare Musk OK, and of course, all
the rest of the big game. deer, moose.
elk, caribou, grizzly bear and cougar.
! saw Englishmen go off into this
country, but it is a trip of three
months, and you need Indian guides,
and a large number of pack ponies to
carry the provisions for so long a jour-
ney. / saw the trophies of such a
trip, and they certainly were the most
magnificent heads and furs of all the
we'll known big game. But the trip is
too long Tor the ordinary, snort Vaca-
ton tourist. We come to another dis
trict with which / am more familiar.
This is marked on the map: big Game
District" and from north TO south is
specified thus: Moose, caribou, grizz-
ly, sheep, goat, bear. b1acktail," and
they are found practically in that or
der in the country between the Koote-
nay and the Arrowhead lakes. The
Quitting post for guide and camp
equipment is at Nelson on the Koote-
nay river and the hunter need bring
nothing with him except his own par
ticular rod and rife; everything else
is procured at most moderate rates.
Only a few years ago this vast region
was almost unexplored except to the
Indian and trapper; but the mines were
discovered and the crowd fiocked in,
and the crowds shot away the big game
Immediately around the mining camps;