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large schools in the eddies on the border of the main current 

 of the great rapids of the Grande Decharge, Wananishe take 

 the fly readily, they are as wary and capricious as any other 

 of their genus, and as much affected by change of weather or 

 character and amount of food. 



In the early season, whether fishing from shore or 

 from the canoe, the flies and the methods of casting and 

 working them used in Salmon-fishing are the most successful, 

 allowance being made for the peculiarity in feeding hereafter 

 to be noticed. As a rule, small-sized Salmon flies are the best, 

 say No. 4 and No. 6 O'Shaughnessy sizes on single hooks; 

 but at high water, and even at other times, a large fly is often 

 successful. The Jock Scott, Curtis or Black Dose, Black 

 Fairy, Popham, Silver Doctor, and Donkey are all good. 

 The first-named is almost infallible; indeed, I sometimes 

 think that with variations in size one needs no other fly for 

 Salmon, Wananishe, and really large Trout like those of the 

 Laurentian wilds of the Nepigon, and the sea Trout of some 

 Canadian rivers, except a large brown hackle for the Trout, and 

 this is not to be scorned as a Salmon fly, when the charms of 

 golden pheasant crest and jungle-cock fail, though, oddly 

 enough, it is not much good for Wananishe. Red is not a favor- 

 ite color with them; yellow and black is the best combination, 

 and gray with a yellowish body comes next. Among the 

 larger Trout flies, Queen of the Water, the Professor, and the 

 Grizzly King usually do good work. 



Later in the season, when the fish are lying singly in deep 

 water along the rocks, or in small pools among the rapids, all 

 one's skill is required to entice them. If you understand the 

 fine art of dry fly-fishing, and can maneuver a tiny dun on 

 a twelve or thirteen hook so as to look like the real article, 

 and can also handle large fish on the fine tackle required, 

 you will get good sport and the satisfaction which comes 

 of catching fish as Reynolds mixed his colors — with brains. 

 If not, you will have to fall back on live grasshoppers and 



