. California game "marked down"; . [ 39] arranging for their home comforts, Mr. Moore took a light rod (734 oz.)and went to the stream to try for a fish to grace the initial meal. He adds: * 1 soon had seven in my creel, running from U to pounds in weight, which I forthwith handed over to the cook. The next morninghe caught one that weighed 10 pounds. He only fished mornings andevenings, and during his stay of two weeks caught 127 fish, of a totalweight of 271 pounds. In these waters the abundance and qualities ofthe Rainbows, in iridescent glory, overarch the long list of feathered andfur-bea
. California game "marked down"; . [ 39] arranging for their home comforts, Mr. Moore took a light rod (734 oz.)and went to the stream to try for a fish to grace the initial meal. He adds: * 1 soon had seven in my creel, running from U to pounds in weight, which I forthwith handed over to the cook. The next morninghe caught one that weighed 10 pounds. He only fished mornings andevenings, and during his stay of two weeks caught 127 fish, of a totalweight of 271 pounds. In these waters the abundance and qualities ofthe Rainbows, in iridescent glory, overarch the long list of feathered andfur-bearing game that of itself would otherwise make it a sportsmansparadise. Bear are to be had, and deer plentiful; grouse and sagehens,quail, snipe, plover, geese and ducks to be bagged at the pleasure of thesportsman. Nothing outside the man himself can be wanting tosupreme TRUCKEE RIVER. TRUCKEE, TAHOE, CONNER AND INDEPENDENCE. Here is a right royal line of sporting resorts. Esthetic tastes may befed and broadened by wonderful, high mountain, river, lake and wood-land scenery. Nowhere have Natures scenic beauties been more lavishlyspread out. For lack of room some of them are placed on edge; the [ 40 ] lakes fortunately are on a level, but the streams for the most part arein hurried search of such restfulness. Truckee is on the tumbling, foaming, musical river from which it takesits name, and is an important railway station of the Southern Pacific Com-pany, 209 miles east of San Francisco, and 14 miles from the summit ofthe Sierra Nevada on the eastward slope. It is a central point for finehunting and fishing resorts and may wisely be made headquarters whenone desires to take them all in. Excellent trout fishing can be had
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