94 THE SALMON. 
pie silk will answer. Tlie leader should be of single gut, 
if round and strong, and may be colored in tea. Double 
gut will break tlie rod but not save the fisli. The flies, 
contrary to the received opinion in Europe, should be 
dark, especially clarets and browns, above all the impal- 
pable "fiery brown," and of rather a small size, with a 
few larger for rough water. The reel should be large 
enough to carry two hundred yards of line, although 
wdth activity and a hundred an angler may make out. 
As for the number of fish, even in the best streams, 
those who read Lanmann must receive his statements 
with, to use a moderate term, some allowance. Ten or 
twelve fish in the course of a day is excellent luck, and 
will keep the angler sufiiciently occupied and excited, 
but the average good fishing through the season is not 
half that number, and there are many blank days. The 
upper shore of the St. Lawrence furnishes the largest 
fish, but 'New Brunswick the most abundant. The rivers 
in the former are mostly leased to individuals by the 
government, and of course closed to the public except 
by the consent of the lessees. That famous association 
called the Hudson's Bay Company, a kingdom within a 
kingdom, until a few years ago, were sole proprietors of 
fishing rights, but having taken pains worthy of our 
emulation to destroy the fish, the government curtailed 
their privileges, and passed stringent laws and regula- 
tions, which are set out in the appendix, for the ]3reserva- 
tion of the fish. 
The rivers of New Brunswick are still free. The 
fly-fishing in Canada lasts till the first day of Sep- 
tember, and in New Brunswick till the fifteenth ; but 
