Rod and gun . at amongst the islands and sand flatsin the darkness. I was not sorry whenGrover woke up and began his hour atthe oars. Continuing all through thenight half asleep we came to Ogilvie atfive next morning and were glad to seethe famous Dome and Slide above theonce famous cit\ of Dawson which weentered that afternoon and thus broughtto an end our long trip of five hundredand fiftv miles. A String of Pickerel The gentlemen in the accompanyingillustration are Messrs. Wm. Sutcliff andJames Willson of Banning, Ontario, andthe string of fish displayed are pickerelwhich abound in the lake
Rod and gun . at amongst the islands and sand flatsin the darkness. I was not sorry whenGrover woke up and began his hour atthe oars. Continuing all through thenight half asleep we came to Ogilvie atfive next morning and were glad to seethe famous Dome and Slide above theonce famous cit\ of Dawson which weentered that afternoon and thus broughtto an end our long trip of five hundredand fiftv miles. A String of Pickerel The gentlemen in the accompanyingillustration are Messrs. Wm. Sutcliff andJames Willson of Banning, Ontario, andthe string of fish displayed are pickerelwhich abound in the lakes near Banningwhich is on the Canadian Northern Rail-way in the Rainy River District. In ad-dition to good fishing there is good hunt-ing also to be had in the vicinity of Ban-ning, many kinds of game being foundthere. Anjone wishing further particu-lars regarding the attractions of thisneighborhood as a hunting and fishingground can receive same by making ap-plication to Mr. B. E. Hogan, Postmasterof Messrs. Wm. Sutc v,d T.^nies Willson andPickerel. a String of In Algonquin Park The Sport of the Seventy-Five Per Cent BY OLIVER OLDSIAN. The Preparations. VERY many persons enjoy an out-ino^ in the woods, or a fishingtrip to some of the many lakesor streams where game fishabound, but comparatively few havewhat may be termed Exciting Adven-tures. The simple account of the enjoyablecommon place has a charm for themany who find in such tales like exper-iences to their own and useful hints forthe better preparation or greater plea-sures of another season. It has been estimated that not overtwenty-five per cent, of the lovers of therod and reel are at all expert in the art offly casting and seldom if ever, have ex-perienced the thrill so ably described byHenry Van Dyke as the salmon or thespeckled beauty strikes the fly. Yet thisseventy-five per cent, go out each sea-son, visit the remote places, employguides and with more or less success(usually less) in fishing, return to
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