Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-08-16
SALMON FISHING IN CANADA.
Assistant Secretary Taylor Returns
From Three Weeks of Sport.


Assistant Secretary Taylor has returned
to his office in the Treasury Department
after an absence of more than three weeks
nest of which was spent in salmon fishing
on the headwaters Of the Tobique river. in
Canada. Mr.. Taylor was q guest of Sena-
tor Pr3ctor who. with Col. VI. NJ Parker
of this city. is a member of a club which
owns the Tobiqre river for more than a
hundred miles. and which protects the fish
and other game against all except invited
guests. The same protection is accorded
the moose on the big game preserve.
Mr.. Taylor first went 10 Buffalo and then
to Montreal and Quebec. He was looking
to New Brunswick and then up the Tobique
river for a fishing tour.
Mr.. Taylor says that the fishing was un-
usually good and that salmon as heavy as
twenty-five pounds were caught by mem
berS of the party. Describing the methods
of catching these fish Nj. Taylor said:
Salmon are the widest OF all fish. They
are the most active and the hardest OF all
fighters. They are caught only with the fly.
The pools have to be approached with the
greatest caution. for if the fish get a sight
of person beat they are gone. The
fishing is done from canoes. and the flies
are cast from the rapid water above down
into the heads of de tp pools, leo to $50 feet
from the boat Nhtin the salmon is hooked
he has to be given perfect freedom of the
line, otherwise no fishing tackle would hold
him. They often fight for half an hour to
an hour before they give up Then they are
reeled carefully toward the boat and GATED
by the Indian who handles the boat. All
the guides Indians and are extremely
expert in gdffing the fish and in handling
the canoes. The salmon is not supposed 10
bite because he is hungry although some
fishermen claim that they do catch flies
and extract the substance throwing the fly
out afterwa1d. None are ever found with
any food in their stomachS, and so far as is
known they do not take solid food of any
kind. When all other fish are caught food
OF different kinds is found in their stom-
achs. No one knows how the salmon live
AS l have already said it is not believed
that they bite at the flies because they are
hungry. and the opinion is that they do
this either II rough "a desire for a frolic or
because they regard the fly as something
new and an intrusion on their quiet homes
They may il mp at the fly on the hook for
the purpose Of trying to kill it and then put
used in catching them, ana it is surprising
how small hook will securely hold big
fish if the fisherman is expert
The country abounds in moose but they
are well protected. Every year hunters go
there from England and are never allowed
to kill over enc male moose a year. Sena-
tor Proctor killed a magnificent animal two
years ago. The females and young moose
cannot be killed. The moose cannot be
hunted like deer. The woods are so thick
that they cannot be found on trails The
male moose is drawn to the hunter by an
Indian ruse. The Indians know how to
make a peculiar cry exactly like a female
moose. The male moose at once starts TO
this sound and frequently goes right up to
the hunters.