Frank Forester's fish and fishing of the United States and British provinces of North America . ittle (i//iriiii/.i isfound in every swifVrnnninr fish of almost every kind that prey on other lish. As live hait tor Pike, Iercli, or Cat-tish, they are not to heequalled; and in s[)inninu or tiitlling they are excellent for thenoble Striped Iass, the Iike, the Salmon, the Lake Trout in allits varieties, and t\)r the Hrook Troiit—especially those whichare found in the tide creeks, where they are less willintr than inother wntei-s to take the tly. A more particular description ofso common and well-k
Frank Forester's fish and fishing of the United States and British provinces of North America . ittle (i//iriiii/.i isfound in every swifVrnnninr fish of almost every kind that prey on other lish. As live hait tor Pike, Iercli, or Cat-tish, they are not to heequalled; and in s[)inninu or tiitlling they are excellent for thenoble Striped Iass, the Iike, the Salmon, the Lake Trout in allits varieties, and t\)r the Hrook Troiit—especially those whichare found in the tide creeks, where they are less willintr than inother wntei-s to take the tly. A more particular description ofso common and well-known a ti^h would take up space need-lessly, which is more re(piired for other parts of uiy subject; andthe species are, I was almost about to say, innumerable. Threeof tlie commoner varieties, and those uiost useful as bait, arcrepresented above. 21Z FAMILY OF THE CLUPEIDyE. CLUPEID^. THE HEERING. Clupea The Herring. The Common Herring, which visits both continents^ runs intothe mouths of all the northern and north-eastern rivers of NorthAmerica, and is not only greatly sought for as an article of food,but really affords very excellent sport to the angler. In spring,when he enters the estuaries in full condition^ and full of spawn,he leaps freely at any gaudy-coloured fly—whether of the pea-cock feather, or, what is yet better, a four-Avinged fly of thescarlet ibis and silver pheasant, on a scarlet chenil body, notunlike the fly used in Black Bass fishing, but of a smaller best way to use it is with a single b b shot attached to thegut an inch or two above the fly, so as to troll mth it, as it were,slightly sunken below the surface. I have taken them in thismanner off Fort Diamond at the Narrows, almost as fast as Icould cast and draw in the flv. MKHKINC} A tJAMK FISII. 2 I .J The appearance of this tish is so well known that a very par-ticnlar description is hardly necessa
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