With fly-rod and camera . Oh CHAPTER VI, The Last Day in Camp. • Spawning Habits of the Salmon. • SalmonRuns. • The Sea Trout, its Gameness, its Identity. • The Win-ninish. • Lake Edward. • Lake St. John and its Fishing. • ThePeribonca and the Ashuapmouchouan Rivers. • The Land-Locked Salmon. I TOR a week our tent remained as headquarters; up^ the stream and down we visited the various poolswithin three or four miles, and we had glorious success,every pool yielding up its tribute to our prowess. Toughand rugged and strong we became, and as brown as gyp-sies. For ten days we had now lived in th
With fly-rod and camera . Oh CHAPTER VI, The Last Day in Camp. • Spawning Habits of the Salmon. • SalmonRuns. • The Sea Trout, its Gameness, its Identity. • The Win-ninish. • Lake Edward. • Lake St. John and its Fishing. • ThePeribonca and the Ashuapmouchouan Rivers. • The Land-Locked Salmon. I TOR a week our tent remained as headquarters; up^ the stream and down we visited the various poolswithin three or four miles, and we had glorious success,every pool yielding up its tribute to our prowess. Toughand rugged and strong we became, and as brown as gyp-sies. For ten days we had now lived in the woods, andthey were ten days of most intense enjoyment. The time was rapidly drawing near when we mustreturn aeain to the civilized world. There had fallenbut little rain, and the river was pretty low, so that theprospect for running down the stream in the canoe tothe mouth of the river was not of the best; and it wastherefore with no little satisfaction that on the morning. O 4o8 With Fly-Rod and Camera. of the last day in camp we beheld the clouds gather-ing in heavy masses in the west, and all the indicationspointing to a heavy storm. Early in the afternoon the rain began, and for six-teen solid hours poured as I never before nor since haveseen it come down. It fell literally in sheets, and if wehad not been well covered we should have had an un-comfortable time of it. But our canvas roof pfave usperfect protection, and aside from the discomfort of be-ing obliged to keep confined so closely we passed thetime very well. We killed time telling fishing and hunting stories,and from these we naturally drifted into discussing thehabits of various fish, particularly the sea trout and sal-mon. In reply to a question concerning the spawninghabits of the salmon, William said: * As you know, when they first come into the riverthey are silvery-bright, and you cannot tell the malesfrom the females unless you examine them very after a while the male beco
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