The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1906-12-01

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| A days march north OF Bergen. the
wcll-known Sogne Ford PIECES the
/ fields of Norway for distance OF
some 10 miles. 1t Is, believe. the
| longest ford In Scandinavia Along
! It's indentcd border, on either side, are
scattered small towns and farm
| houses, surrounded by small patches
of cultivation, behind which rise the
rocky, hcrCand there thiCkly wooded
everlasting hills, patched with snow
| as to their sides and SUBMITS. by
contrast the little rcd-and-whitc
houses nesting at their feet look like
children's toy erections from the deck
! of the little ford steamer on which
our fishing party stand. This same
steamer is, by way, an annoying
means of conveyance for ardent
! salmon fishermen keen to arrive at
! their destination. for it's course Is
| devious and 2igzag to the last de-
gree. Our river Is not much over 100
miles by water from Bergen, but the
/
ton with dozens of the small towns
and villages already mentioned, and
80 enable them TO keep touch with
one another and with the outer world,
So we fuss across the Sognc Fjord
! backwards and forwards, here and
| there stopping at small landingstagcs
taking off and landing passengers.
- ~
packet Of soap or parcel OF hard
ware at that. going up a little branch
ford and down again, until one
wearics Of the process, and even the
wild scandinavian scenery begins to
pail
Some so miles up the Sogne on
the north side. at the head of the
branch Sofndal Fjori milky blue
snow-fed river rushcs headlong into
sea. water 1t Is named the Aaro and
in some respects Is a mystery and
marvel to the orthodox fisherman.
| This river is the outlet for two lakes.
mountain grt, and. Of course, snow
fed, that run up into the great field
mainland OF Norway for some 20
miles These two lakes are again
connected by short river. and into
| them drain the SHOWS OF a wide ex-
panse OF rocky field down innumer-
| able burns and streams and little
trickles Then for about two miles
from the lower lake the blue snow
water (why Ia snow water greeny
| milky blue? ! should Ike To know
PUSHES headlong through a pine clad
mountain gorge. forming n series OF
splendid 'uamlng rapids that In them
selves are worth z long days journey
70 see, leaps over a great floss some
| 100 feet In height, where In the re
| sulting spray a perfect rainbow can
always be seen every sunny day, and
| then, by means Of rapid and pool for
but bare halfmile, forms the bulk
OF the salmon fishing water we have
come out from England TO fog. Last
" is another foaming rapid OF few
hundred yards. then some long estuary
fishing pools and the sea. Taking the
short extent Of fishing water into con
alteration, the small amount OF good
lying for salmon. and the obviously
rest ricted stretch OF spawning beds
FOR no salmon can get up AarO Foss
without wlngs-the wOnuer IS that the
river Is salmon river at all
Yet a day on the AarO river Is worth
long tourney to obtain. The fish run
heavy and play strong 4 % FOUNDER
Is common event. and iOpounders
are by no means uncommon. II was
here that Mr. Kennedy Killed his So
FOUNDER not so many years ago, and
every AarO fisherman, when he hooks
heavy FISH, hopes for something over
50 pounds Treble gut IS a necessity,
and probably more lines have been
broken, and more salmon fishermen
left, for the time, respondent, on the
banks Of Aaro than on any other salm-
on river In he whole Of more or less
accessible Scandinavia. In this com
parlson rule out rivers Ike the Tana
IN the extreme north. whore salmon
have been caught tand lost like trout
In numbers and IKE pOrpoises for size
We arrived On Aaro one flne sun
shiny day. We were glad TO think the
season promised well, and It was not
long before We had rods up and tackle
out, and were showing 10 the Aaro
FISH some OF the best creations In the
way Of artificial salmon flies that For.
rest had been able to supply The first
afternoon two saln non, % and 81
pounds. respectively, rewarded our ef-
forts, and we considered that a good
start had been effected There were,
binary In the play they gave. Split
caGe rods. treble gut and the wlles
Of a AZ degreee Jock Scot. ay had