The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-18

In weight he will run from four to seven
pounds. The record is 171a pounds, taken
from very deep water with Jack Scott
n.y. He Is a hater of civilization. When
land on either side of his water is plowed
he vanishes. In England salmon live and
90 Wen in rivers that are INSTRUCTED by
Weirs and tainted with the dyes and foul
eXcretions of factories, but the ounanichs
is born of wild water and braves the rapid
and lives q life of peril and hardship, and
civlllzati n, so infinitely inferior of saw
agery, commands him to move on Not
for him are streams churned by steamers
and made foul by dirty humanity. Tbs
light dip of the Indian paddle and tbs
smooth shooting of the canoes dark shad-
ow above his lair are as near to man as
he cares to come.
He is beautiful-a perfect salmon in
shape. He is deep black on the back His
sides are blush green and silver green at
the medal line The belly is silver white
and the gillcovers are a deep, rich green
ish bronze. The eyes are remarkably
large and brilliant and the adults all have
black spots on the body, which are irreg-
ular and quadrlla terals or double ks.
The formula of his fighting ability gives
him one pound for every two of the sea-
going salmon. A fiye-pound ouinaniche
will equal a ten-pound salmon. No man
a stranger to the Canadian waters of the
woods can understand the fearful weight
and strength of their currents. They
plunge over rapids and thunder through
canons and leap and bound and roar anu
swirl and boil and bubble, spin madly
round and round, dash in impotent rage
against jagged rocks that have withstood
their assaults for aeons, howl by the bases
OF precipices and chant a song Of fear.
The ouinaniche is an athlete by nature
and continuous training. He has to be-
Railroads driving their bands of steel
through the stone heart Of the country
have brought him nearer to thousands OF
anglers and he is not as plentiful as he
used to be. Formerly forty or fifty a day
was by no means an unusual string, but
he may count himself lucky who to-day
is able to show half that number for his
toll In the waters OF the Santagama or
Peribonea river the ouinaniche will noe
rise to the fly, and there the spoon or I'VE
bait is used. but elsewhere the fly IS his
natural food, and he may be fished II
scientific fashion. In the neighborhood Oh
Isle Maligne many may be seen at once
feeding in the patches of foam, which are
strewn with the brown wood fly. Ihs
number that a ouinanichs Is able 20 cham
Der Is a matter Of conjecture. They are
rapid and voraclous feeders, and will con-,
tlnue IL for hours. / have emptied a max
pint OF those files from one nav, ana men
the fish struck eagerly at a black doctor
NHlNh Ndu hfblIltu near Utlils llN HN'o
ed an even four pounds.
As for the most killing flies. Il Is hail
TO give advice. Almost any OF the sman
salmon flies will be found seryiceable az
this season Of the year. Later on. more
particularly IN the last week Of August
the Jock Scott Is nearly certain. ~
black doctor is good for bright day. w
ors that are reasonably fatal are the bla,H
fairy. the silver doctor and the donhe''
No fishing rule II infallible. ! knew
oulnaniche that ! particularly wanted
rise from thirty feet OF dark. cool wafer,
inspect each Of these flies Ia turn, push y
with his nose and sink languidly back w
boatman took my rod with an apology aD
caught him with a nuttered leaf Whvs
green had half turned 10 red There o.
rule. however, for the man who lntenls
visit Canada, whose observance VIII y, II
worth money to him: Never take eneaP
thing into the woods There are no snoP
His OUTFIT should consist Of the best TO-
reels. lines and double-gut leaders thd.
can buy. The proper leader Is plain ga
which soon loses It's gloss and takes =
color OF Is own, according 90 the hue
the water that Is fshed. His iles sno.
be the best that he can purchase ~ W
Anything that II stout and warm WI s
Tor clothing. No rubber boots shoun N
taken. They are useless and IN case
an oyerturn are dangerous