Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1873-05-13
Mistellanp.
Sal,nol Fi,hin0 a.. Canada.


>-uuon rest in their Journey hun the sta
tu thc head-wa,cr OF the river They
ate usually in spots wherr there i a
strong but not violent c0ur"'. perhaps
siN or eight feet deep. running oft to
>hOal water GA one side OF the river.
Tue pools have heeu found Nv the Indian.
who search tor them b, uight with
,urcacS. which show the fish - they lie
ucar the bottom. and they do not differ
materially in appearance from parts OF
;hc river where no salmon are TO be
found.
The salmon Is what j. called aRadro-
1,yuS-that i, though an iuh,bitant of
the ocean for mos, ot the YEAR, 10 aScendS
,hc fresh water tivct> m summer 10
-paWn. uthis function IL Is guided by
c,triuu, instincts. The iyma'c deposits
hvregg> in>sNiit shallow Mates at the
head, OF streams. in ls,nch,, dug 10y
herself and the m..,u h,L 300 the sravelIy
bottom; but IL must uoi bc itc>h gravel;
O, must have been exposed tu ,hc action
90 water Tor 40 leas, two Yeats. Or they
Vil. have none O.! %, aui % treshct
.Luuld bring new gravel l,um jbc banks,
they will aJOulo. thc place and seek
trr new >pawuiu. -SrouuI> % Is only
when the salmon afy resting u these
pools that they viii take tly.
Il may uo; perhap, bc generally known
ihat there are two schools among fly
fishers. Tbs Journalists or cutomolo.
si>,s hold that The natural lie actually
ON the water should be studied aud imi'
t.,ed by the Az. maker. down 10 the most
minute particulars. This T., tho old the
orv. and whole libraries have been wiz
ten to prove and illustrate it. from the
Bot, Of 50. IUa1.S. written 10y the Dame
.IuIiana Berncrs I'm liSG. down to the
present day. The number ct insects
which we are directed io initiate j. leg
ION. and the materials necessary tor their
manufacture ate of immen.c variety and
difficult TO procure These teachers are
the conservatives. who adhere TO old ira
diion. Ga the other side arc the "col'
crisis" who think color everything, and
form nothing; lhcy are but = section,
though an increasing one. Of The lly'hSh'
ing community. Their theory - that all
that fish can distinguish through the
watcry medium is The sizo and color Of
The ~. These ale ther-dicais. and they
90 50 far - TO discard ;hc thousand dit
ierent flies described iu The books. and
conlnc themselves 10 hal, a dozen typl-
cal varieties, both in salmon and trout
fishing. Where learned doctors disa-
gree. |. for one, DO not venture to dc
eide; bu; when remember that on some
days no fy in my book would tempt the
trout. and that 40 other times they would
rise at any or all flies, il seems TO me
that the principal question i. are the
trout feeding or NOT Ii they ave. they
will take almost anything; il not, The
most sAillrul hand may fail OF tempting
them 10 rise. As To- salmon. | think no
one will pretend that tho salmon flies
commonly used are ike anything in Ma
ture. and il is difficult 20 understand
what the Keen eyed salmon takes them
Tor. Until. then. We can put ousclve> IN
the place Of the salmon and see with his
ewes. we must continue Co evolve Our
own consciousness. Aly >nal. expert
cuce seems 90 show mc that In @ salmon
fy color is the main thing To bee studied
My earliest experience in salmon fish
ing was on the Restisouchc, - stream
flowing into the Bay ct Chaicur. A,
first. ny efro.t were followed only by
failures, for the taking ot q salmon ne
suiIes both knowledge and dcNterity.
Finally. however. NY perseverance, won
for me a decided triumph
Kingfsher, the leader OF our party.
kindly lent me the mos, >hilliul ct his
Indians to row my canoe, that l might
have 81 better chance of killing salmon,
being the only ono of The party who,
up 10 that time. had NO, succeeded i'm do
ing so. found in my book 81 casting
line Of double gut; il vas only two
yards long, but thought had better
trust 10 it than the single cut which the
fish had been breaking ior me the last
two DAYS also found 10 my book .
few large snowy salmon flies Tied on
double gut; With these started. de-
tcrmined TO do or die was on the
pool at 4 NJ. and had raised two sal
mon, and caught two large trout, which
often took our flies when We were cast.
in. for bigger fish. At $50 raised and
hooked big fish. which ran out twenty
yaIds Of line. and then stopped. | de-
iernined to Try the waiting method this
time. and not lose my iish too much haste ;
so | le; him have his own way. only
holding him with tight hand. Joe. the
Indian. ! soon SAW. understood hi, part
OF the business; he kept the canoe close
behind the fish. ~ that should always
have reserve ct line upon my reel.
My salmon made two runs without show
ing himself; 10 pulled hard, aud WAS
evidently .iroug fish lIe uow tried to
work himself across the river into the
heavy eurren, resisted this. bat TO no
purpose; | could not hold him. and