. In pine-tree jungles; a hand-book for sportsmen and campers in the great Maine woods . landlocked salmon has improved at Moosehead lake inrecent years, and fishing for them now results in plenty of lively river, on the west side of the lake, is also a home of these regalfinny fighters. The average Moosehead trout weighs about three pounds, but a sixor seven pound catch is not unusual. Togue will range from five totwenty-five pounds each, with ten or a dozen pounds for the average Fly-Fisfaing, 15 weight. Moosehead can never be fished out; the lakes natural spawn-ing and feeding bed
. In pine-tree jungles; a hand-book for sportsmen and campers in the great Maine woods . landlocked salmon has improved at Moosehead lake inrecent years, and fishing for them now results in plenty of lively river, on the west side of the lake, is also a home of these regalfinny fighters. The average Moosehead trout weighs about three pounds, but a sixor seven pound catch is not unusual. Togue will range from five totwenty-five pounds each, with ten or a dozen pounds for the average Fly-Fisfaing, 15 weight. Moosehead can never be fished out; the lakes natural spawn-ing and feeding beds foster plenteous replenishing, while the newhatchery built at Scjuaw brook last year by the State will not allowangling here to grow tame. It would be practically impossible to name any one of the best fishinggrounds in Moosehead ; there are scores of bays and inlets where acareful angler is practically sure of getting good results, while some ofthe very finest catches have been made out in the body of the to the best-informed guides in this section, the brown hackle. Moosehead Lake, from Sehoomojk. is the best all-round fiy for fishing here, although the Parmacheenebelle, Montreal, and silver doctor are much in favor. Visiting anglers are always loud in their praises of Moosehead hospi-tality. At Greenville, the Moosehead Inn and other smaller hostel-ries accommodate a great many fishermen each season, while MountKineo House, situated half way up the lake, is a veritable mecca forvacationers from early spring fishing-time until the last gun of the fillhunters is fired. This splendid resort is now the largest inland-waterhotel in the country, has a capacity of more than 400 guests, and is
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