. Pleasures of angling with rod and reel for trout and salmon . to fish for salmon. The present seasonhe took the steamer at Liverpool, landed at FartherPoint, spent a month on the Restigouche and theCascapedia, returned directly to Farther Point, andfrom thence home — only too happy to make ajourney of six thousand miles to cast his fly inthese magnificent salmon waters. Nor is his anisolated case. Many another of like tastes, andwith a like appreciation of the kingly sport, everyyear make the same journey. All of these sim-ple wise men may not be princes in the kingshousehold, but not one of
. Pleasures of angling with rod and reel for trout and salmon . to fish for salmon. The present seasonhe took the steamer at Liverpool, landed at FartherPoint, spent a month on the Restigouche and theCascapedia, returned directly to Farther Point, andfrom thence home — only too happy to make ajourney of six thousand miles to cast his fly inthese magnificent salmon waters. Nor is his anisolated case. Many another of like tastes, andwith a like appreciation of the kingly sport, everyyear make the same journey. All of these sim-ple wise men may not be princes in the kingshousehold, but not one of them would assumethe dignity of royalty itself if it involved the sur-render of their prerogative at will to go a-fishing. CHAPTEE XX. A SHOET ESSAY ON FLY CASTING. But, Johnnie, I maun, as yer frien, warn ye that its no thefly, nor the water, nor the rod, nor the win, nor the Iicht, candae the job, wioot the watchfu ee and steady han, and afeeling for the business thats kin o born wi a fisher, buthoo that comes aboot I dinna ken.—[Donald Macleod, D. KDIJNTAKLLY the waters of thesesalmon rivers are so transparentthat in still pools long casts areindispensable to success. I makethis qualification because greatlength of line is not so necessaryin pools whose surface is brokenby the current ripples, whichserve the same purpose in a sal-mon pool that a sharp breezedoes on trout waters — they blur the vision of thefish and render a more near approach feasible. ButI never cast in either without parodying Napoleonsmaxim: Providence is on the side of the heaviestbattalions : success is on the side of the longestcasts. I remember very well where I first learnedthis lesson. Many years ago, long before the NorthWoods became the fashionable resort of mere plea- 152 PLEASURES OF ANGLING. sure seekers, and while anglers still held the undis-puted monopoly of their crystal waters, ColesPoint,1 at the foot of Big Tupper, was one of myfavorite resorts. Cast when I would, at early mor
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