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leap three feet or more out of water in his 

 endeavor to get free, and perhaps a dozen times 

 in succession, some idea may be formed of the 

 skill that is necessary to bring him safely to the 

 net." 



In the charming Introduction to the book from 

 which the above extract is taken, — The Ouan- 

 aniche and its Canadian Environment, published for 

 me by Messrs. Harper and Bros., in 1896, — my 

 old angling companion and friend, Lt.-Col. Andrew 

 C. A. P. Haggard, D. S. O., says of the ouan- 

 aniche: "Such is his elasticity, the India-rubber, 

 gutta-percha, racket-ball nature of his backbone, 

 that he resembles Rudyard Kipling's description 

 of the * Fuzzy Wuzzy ' of the Soudan. Like that 

 Hadendowah Arab, the ouananiche is distinctly an 

 * India-rubber idiot on the spree.' " 



Some anglers fish for ouananiche with grilse rods, 

 and I have even seen salmon rods in use on the 

 Grande Decharge. I have killed a three-pound 

 fish on a rod weighing less than four ounces, 

 though I believe the best sport in ouananiche 

 waters is to be had with one of about seven 

 ounces. With a rod of this weight there is no 

 need whatever for the automatic reel recommended 

 by some fishermen. The best flies for ouananiche 

 differ with the seasons. When the fish make their 



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