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Show Sun Valleyiles Abandon Skis To Lure Trout SUN VAEI iE V, IDAHO Oddly enough, you'll still find an occasional occasion-al few Sun Valley-ltes on these June mornings departing the picturesque village square with skis; but with tho advent, of abundant fly fishing, and with shady saddle trails beckoning bec-koning from every nearby canyon, trout waders and riding boots have become the mode. The die-hard skiing fraternity climbs higher and higher ns summer sum-mer pushes the snow line to well above the 7000 foot line, but at 10,-000 10,-000 feet in sheltered ravines they find glacial snow in six foot depths and good "corn" surface for downhill down-hill running. The Sawtooth mountain fishing season opened May 30. The finest catches, so far, have been made In beautiful Alturas lake, a gem of mountain water 30 miles by motor from Sun Valley village, where good creels of redfish are taken every day on small spinners trolled behind skiffs and canoes. Although these little fellows run uniformly about 12 inches long, they strike like bullets and scrap with all the vim of much larger fish. Old reliable Silver creek, just below be-low Sun Valley and one of the most perfect dry fly streams in the west, if not in America, yields choice and chunky rainbow trout regularly from its spring-fed waters. Host Waltonians whip tho crystal riffles of Silver creek in early morning and late dusk. Fishing in Sun Valley lake, not a good stone's throw from Sun Valley-Lodge Valley-Lodge and the Challenger Inn, is as ridiculously simple as ever. Husky rainbow, stocked last year, are bigger big-ger than ever and just as savage in their lunges at floating Royal Coachmen and Ginger Quills. o |