56 SEA TROUT. 
lower St. Lawrence and all its tributaries they abound. 
It would be more difficult to tell where not to find them 
than where to find them. But the best trout-fishing sea- 
son is later, when they have followed the salmon and 
retired to the upper waters of the mountain streams, 
where they lie together in shoals, in the deep pools. 
Then they may be traced by tlie wake their motion 
leaves in the water ; then may the fisherman, casting a 
long line and careful fiy, pick the finest and go on fish- 
ing till heart and soul are satisfied. There, amid the 
wild scenery, at the foot of the granite hills, by the 
shade of the stunted spruce, he may take his stand upon 
some point of rocks, near to a black pool, and deftly 
wielding the slender rod, may bring to the net one after 
another of the mighty denizens of the water. But even 
then, if he would take the mightiest he must prove him- 
self a sportsman by keeping out of sight and casting far 
and straight. And when liis sport is terminated by the 
declining day, or his ample satisfaction, and Jie meets 
his companions round the camp-fire, over a well cooked 
supper improved by a vigorous appetite, he will exchange 
experiences of the habits of fish or the arcana of the 
angler's art. 
K, however, he loves the '' wet sheet and the flowing 
sea," a nautical anomaly, by the way, he may pursue 
his prey in the open bays, and with a smart breeze and 
long line, and gaudy fly dancing from wave to wave, 
have great sport. Under these circumstances the fish 
are almost uncontrollable and must be often followed 
with the boat for a long way before they can be killed. 
It is gloriously exciting, the bright waters sparkling with 
