. In pine-tree jungles : a handbook for sportsmen and campers in the great Maine woods . Mill 0/ Ashland )ig Company^ Ashland. The Fish River Trip. 33 The railroad journey from Boston is made comfortably and easily,,starting from the Hub in the evening, arriving at Masardis about noonthe next day, and reaching one of the camps in time to enjoy thetwilight fishing. Summer sport with rod and line is especially goodhere, the waters being cool throughout the hot summer months. Then,too, the variety of waters that can be easily reached and fished is aniimportant feature to be considere
. In pine-tree jungles : a handbook for sportsmen and campers in the great Maine woods . Mill 0/ Ashland )ig Company^ Ashland. The Fish River Trip. 33 The railroad journey from Boston is made comfortably and easily,,starting from the Hub in the evening, arriving at Masardis about noonthe next day, and reaching one of the camps in time to enjoy thetwilight fishing. Summer sport with rod and line is especially goodhere, the waters being cool throughout the hot summer months. Then,too, the variety of waters that can be easily reached and fished is aniimportant feature to be considered. Good guides are plenty at bothMasardis and Oxbow, and most of them own comfortable camps in thesporting region. Ashland is another centre of rich fishing grounds. Good brook fish-. O/i For a Wider Piazza . ing is to be had close at hand, but the best sport is farther north, at thehead of the Fish river system of lakes and on the upper waters of BigMachias river. It is only lo miles from Ashland to Portage lake, overa turnpike road. Canoes may be put in here for as extended a trip asone cares to make amid the wildest of Maines jungles and the mostenchanting of its waterways. One good trip is up the Fish river fromPortage to Big Fish lake, where excellent camps are located ; thenm to Mud pond and by carry two miles to Carr pond. The fishing hereis always satisfactory, trout and togue being present in good size andnumber. From Carr pond a three and-one-half-mile carry takes one 34 A Marvellous Trout Region. in to Clayton lake, the very head of the Fish river system. A camp islocated here, and fine fishing is assured. Big Machias lake is reachedover a three-mile carry from Clayton lake ; here, too, commodiouscamps are situated. It is easy enough to run down the Big
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