. Climbs & exploration in the Canadian Rockies . eal,and widgeon are not uncommon, and in theBush Valley we saw flocks of wild geese and afew swans; but far better shooting of this de-scription can be obtained in the lower lakes ofBritish Columbia and on the prairies east of theRockies, where wildfowl of every sort exist inmyriads. Of the fishing in the Rockies it is difficult toconvey an accurate impression. Trout of vari-ous kinds abound in many of the lakes andstreams; but they appear to be singularly capri-cious, and the fisherman cannot reckon with anycertainty on getting good sport. On s
. Climbs & exploration in the Canadian Rockies . eal,and widgeon are not uncommon, and in theBush Valley we saw flocks of wild geese and afew swans; but far better shooting of this de-scription can be obtained in the lower lakes ofBritish Columbia and on the prairies east of theRockies, where wildfowl of every sort exist inmyriads. Of the fishing in the Rockies it is difficult toconvey an accurate impression. Trout of vari-ous kinds abound in many of the lakes andstreams; but they appear to be singularly capri-cious, and the fisherman cannot reckon with anycertainty on getting good sport. On some daysand in certain seasons they will rise greedily atthe fly: on others they obstinately refuse to betempted by any artificial lure. 1902 was dis-tinctly an unfavourable season, and we fishedrivers and lakes, which in previous years hadyielded excellent sport, with unvarying ill-suc-cess. Very large bull-trout, up to 30 lb. ormore, are to be caught in Lake Minnewanka,near Banff, in the upper and lower Bow lakes, 330 The Goat Hangs High 204). Ptarmigan SPORT AND GAME and other mountain tarns—Collie, as alreadymentioned, got one in the stream flowing out ofGlacier Lake—but they will not take a fly. Oncalm days they may sometimes be seen in theBow lakes basking in shallow water near theshore—ugly, unattractive monsters, with bigheads and most capacious mouths. More satis-factory, from the fly-fishers point of view, arethe smaller rainbow trout, which are very sport-ing fish and excellent eating; and the visitor,with fair luck and the aid of local information,should have no difficulty in discovering lakesand streams that will afford him plenty ofamusement. The destruction, and consequent diminution,of large game in the Canadian Rocky Moun-tains has for some years past engaged theattention of the Government authorities in theNorth-West Territories. Following the suc-cessful example of the United States in theirgame preserve of the Yellowstone Park, theyhave prohibited shee
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