The Washington times., 1918-07-13
NO WOMAN'S LAND
IS PARADISE OF
ALL FISHERMEN

You have heard Of No Mans Land.
that strip Of battered. churned terri
tory between the battle lines. stretch
ing from the Channel to the Adriatic,
gone to their last great adventure.
But have you heard OF No woman's
Land?
No Woman's Land Is right here In
America-so called, not because It IL
forbidden territory to woman, but be-
cause the wild and primitive nature
Of the country has proved q for
bidding obstacle to her.
Finest Fishing In America
In the unpoetic language OF maps
1t Is the Sawtooth range of Idaho, but
long before you reach It you realize
you are approaching something new,
different, and exhilsratIng. The route
to the sawtooth range leads through
stretches OF desert and prairie. until
you finally reach the beautiful
groves and willows along the Wood
river, one Of the finest trout streams
In America
Passing through HALEY, you glide
over excellent roads to Ketchum.
where you plunge into the wilderness,
still following Wood river. And when
your speedometer registers an even
thirty miles from Ketchum, you will
ind yourself on Galina Sumit at an
elevation OF S,7e5 feet You look
across the head OF q beautiful valley,
bordered by dense spruce and lodge
pole pines, and at the magnificent
peaks towering above them.
That range Of peaks, resembling the
edge OF an inverted crosscut saw IN
the jagged outline Of its pinnacIea. Is
the Sawtooth. 1t extends practically
thirty miles down the Salmon river, In
places reaching an altitude Of IL 900
feet
You start down the long descent to
Alturas Lake. Reaching this point,
you pull up near the inlet of the lake,
on beautiful white sandy beach
Fish are Scarlet.
AZ like as not, while you are pre-
pairing camp for the night, you VIII
encounter a party filing by from the
inlet They are equipped with long
poles and some OF them have sacks
over their Ihoulders. These they pro-
eeed to dump on the sandy beach, and
you see such . shimmering display of
fish as you have pictured only IN
dreams. The fish are scarlet
Besides the red fish, the waters Of
these lower lakes are richly stocked
with bull, Dolly Warden, and native
speckled trout
The district Sbounds IN mountain
Hheep, goats, deer, bear, elk, with
plenty OF birds such as the fool hen,
Franklin grouse, and the big blue or
slate grouse.
Now you pack in above Yellow
Belly lake, so called on account Of
the markings OF the fish caught here
Camping On Tarfwny Lake
At evening you fnd a good camp
ing place at the head of the stream
on the shores Of beautiful Taxiway
lake. where you have q magnificent
view OF a miniature set of Tetons as
you look, toward the head OF Petit
creek. and at the Jagged points OF
Old Snowyside mountain, with its
group of three pinnacles. Then, as
the evening shadows begin 30 play
about the lake and the water settles
to stiffness. the blue expanse of Taxi
way makes q weird and fascinating
picture, every sound coming back to
you repeatedly from the echo halls of
craga
After q trying climb the next morn
ing you md yourself on the very
uptop Of Old Snowyside's topmost
pinnacle Here you get a view OF
primitive and picturesque landscape.
And the lakes! Before you lie
twenty-four gems in q gigantic set
ting There are emeralds of different
shades OF green and Of all sizes, set
beside blue Bapphires OF similar lus-
ter, while others, shimmering in the
sunlight, look like sparkling dia-
monds or pools OF silver.
Homeward bound, you have your
choice of retracing your steps by way
OF the Salmon river TO GalinA and on
down Wood river. Or you may glide
down Stanley river past Stanley post
office, the Shotgun rapids, Sunbeam
dam and Robinson Bar. Here you will