CHAPTER II.

Season for Trout Fishing--Principal Districts--Tackle Necessary--"No Drawing-room Work"--Advantage of Plenty of Time--Poor Fishing in the Rockies--The Thompson River--The South Thompson--Its Course and Character--Clear, Swift Water--Difficulty of Landing Big Fish--A Lost Thirty-pounder--The Successful Cherokee Fisherman--Fine, Calm Days Best for Fishing--Mosquitoes not Troublesome 9