The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-06-22
GREATSPORT WITH SALMON.
HOOKING THE 0AMIEsr OF FISH IN
CANADIAN VA TIERS


Causht-Hsira Dag vita . AS.pssader.
"You can buy SaguenY salmon at your
fsh dealers hero IN New York for nifty cents
pound" said ".Bub" Nichols. who won dis.
tinction In angling circles last season by land.
ing forty.pound salmon on the Marguerite
River. Canada. after firing It out OF an eight
hours sulk. but II you prefer to catch your
own FISH. guess you can 60 up thore and take
'em out for anywhere from IS to $40 pound.
Cant you buy 'em In Canada2 Oh. yesl You
can buy all you can carry for seven cents
pound right at the fisheries.
Yes: II Is rather funny that you can hire
some one to furnish you for seventy cents
what would probably cost you a hundred dol
lars II you sought to DO economical and went
out and did the work yourself. but then that's
the way things are arranged over the border.
You sec few years ago owing to the way mat.
ters had been running ever since tho Oldest In.
habitant could remember. the salmon streams
had reached state that might be likened TO
tho play OF Hamlet" with Hamlet left out They
were salmon streams but there were no salmon
in them. The Indians OF the salmon regions
had always enjoyed tho privilege OF spearing
the fish ut the spawning seasons. and every
year killed thousands Of the biggest speci.
mems in the rivers. each one OF which contained
thousands Of eggs. This custom Of the Indians
was adopted by the white fishermen. and IL 10
had been allowed to continue. salmon would
have been as scarce in Canada as they are In
the streams In this country whore they were
once abundant.
After q while some one happened to call
the attention Of the Dominion Government to
the fact that something would have TO DO done.
Itself. Now. under the. lay every one Of those
fish in the waters Of Canada 10 the sole
IN ct n line n draw net for one unless he DAYS
Tor a license to do so. The man who would
Ne IL Roe Ssv q N. 81 sa &:
p haul bis seine S Tor profit This iav opened
inch OF salmon water In the DSmin6ion
ieased By wealthy Ensllsh sportsmen: whose
81 % woD
a days angling BY legitimate means and The
WIG Ssl Rsnou the T
lice iicenss i from the aovernment by persons yho
ieses to yistins iishssmsn snd those p.ssfs:
are mighty scarce Lovers Of saImon fishing n.
Sirs msn betor eA's The season
sbb had iss9r 1t any p.se VIII. I'll:
ernmsnt has restored them TO their haunts i
made lett Il quite an mpossiSiiity Tor the ordinary
owner Of rod and line to get a place TO wet his
have e. the entry to some club that controls hsh-
ing or has friend who csinghs on to aitp priv
srs e and receives revenue from them OF about
$500 apiece for the year Is no ~ pnSo%m sp
tGan tIat To The lessee for the prysse q
few days fishing on some portion Of stream:
killing In Canada goes. A party OF friends oil
mine have q ton years iesse q 3 river cry
G psees o %asE
to bse I
rapids and along its banks. They invited me
up there last season. and went. have Just
viii be- open as usual this season. and thai
there will 6e a peg for my hat and room for me
This private club has only twelve members.
and each one may invite friend. They have 9
Sr that psrs
more for each p oVn Hni than you could buy ton
them. ia rather catch one twenty-five pound
than load 9 sa
chase fish two miles and more after you've
hEok in it. and fftsr yes catch up
sii throw With na the sponseS We'll had g a.
tina, last with and he TnS
twenty -thres pounds. The salmon rivers are
all streams With swift currents; S %hr ling
d d% mak s any differences how like railroad
ar % tho salmon goes up stream Just as easy as
he does down. A salmon VII 60 up an al,
M a. s ioaa
ever ever have ehancs to stand BY the Falls q
Lorette. for instance: near Quebec. any day in
succession Of steep tumh:ss and the wates
PUSHES over the rocks at thirty miles an hour
put @ Sa w1Sss the his Of w SGa
would carry ton Of stone along without any
t as easily as il the ish had rope tied
iavorlte practice. Of the Indians to gather at
re foot Of waterfalls and spear tho salmon as
c.s!ou with which the savage iannched The.
spear ana M, rslel the hsh as he giided upward
being Almost as Wonderful AS the LIAM itself.
wSsn ee Art ass 1as 70
'IIaieujahH The salmon''s haunt. when he .
and then passes slowly on. From tho bank
SSST on n0G sara S the sa
about salmon has Il that TACKLE
troat Your sod Is easss ana strong your
rec! hold At s9ss tAes haa ahy 5eet
goes for It ut once. Now. a trout rises to fy
with swoop and q whirl. and away he COED,
meteor fashion also, but. before he reaches the
fly. he pauses within few inches Of il. The
Ing moment. He is saying his grace they
say Then the salmon rises, opens his mouth.
and draws It in, and drops back toward the
trouble. In dropping down ,he sets the hook
firmly In n, his upEer Jaw; and then is when no
feels the hook things begin to boil. Away he'll
60 and take hundred feet Of your line on
| your reel before you know 1t. Then the
haps straight toward you. and then you've got
to work to take up that slack line. As soon as
pull on the hook, whizl he will come out OF that
water, and shoot Into the aira dozen feet Tax TAX
ing header. he darts down to the DEPTHS again,
round, and keoping your fingers buoy at the
reel Then suddenly out OF the water he comes
| dnscrihinn a canrcinus arc In mid air. ialle