. Rod and gun . by invi-tation of Mr- Whitman, who occupiedthe comfortable permanent camp atOverfall, two and a half miles above,they dined at one oclock with him, whenJohn Getty, that veteran cook, put on amost appetising meal. Late in the after-noon they left and distributed them-selves in thte pools between the twocamps. Redbank was faithfully fishedwithout result by Samson, the rapids be-low by Vanderpool, where he secured asalmon which tipped the scales at fif-teen pounds. Comyn waded thfe poolsopposite the camp with no better luckthan Samson. After some days another guide andboat were se
. Rod and gun . by invi-tation of Mr- Whitman, who occupiedthe comfortable permanent camp atOverfall, two and a half miles above,they dined at one oclock with him, whenJohn Getty, that veteran cook, put on amost appetising meal. Late in the after-noon they left and distributed them-selves in thte pools between the twocamps. Redbank was faithfully fishedwithout result by Samson, the rapids be-low by Vanderpool, where he secured asalmon which tipped the scales at fif-teen pounds. Comyn waded thfe poolsopposite the camp with no better luckthan Samson. After some days another guide andboat were secured for Comyn who thenhad an opportunity to either fish fromthe boat or wade as might be most con-venient for the pools fished. The three members of this fishingparty occupied each a tent ten by twelvefeet, while the three guides and the cookslept in one of like size. With varying luck the three, day afterday, fished the various pools, Comynsfirst fish being a fine thirteen pound sal- 498 ROD AND GUX IX CANADA. Flacid White, the cook. June, 1909. mon—of which Comyn was duly all the party secured only a fair catchwith Vanderpools record far in advanceof the others. The river was alive withsalmon but for some reason they werehard to get this year. Samson had themisfortune to lose no less than six goodsalmon, through defective gut and othercauses, one being his neglect to makehis bow speedily enough to a splendidfish when it jumped. On this occasionhe threatened to decorate his guide withcrape, so doleful did Medric seem. One thirteen pound fish was hookedand landed at the end of a ten ounce rod,which on previous occasions had beenregarded as a sort of mascot and wasnow set up by Samson to change theluck which it apparently did. Another curious incident was thehooking and landing of a slink by Van-derpool in the rapids below slink put up such a vigorous Rghtthat its sort was not ascertained till afterit was gaffed. Then it was released andalthough it floa
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