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head of your pool ; down goes the " killick," and also 

 the Indians, glad enough of rest and a smoke. You 

 then stand up, take the rod, a spliced greenheart 

 supplied from St. Johns, New Brunswick, which has 

 been lying along the canoe all ready, and begin to cast. 

 The moment a fish is hooked, you sit drjwn ■ the 

 bow Indian lifts up the " killick," and both take the 

 paddles and work the canoe up and down according 

 to the run of the fish. As many of the pools are at 

 the head of a strong rapid, it is furiously exciting 

 if the fish makes a bolt down stream, as the least 

 mistake will not only probably lose you your fish, but 

 possibly your life. Finally, comes the most marvellous 

 piece of work of all, namely, the gaffing. It is all but 

 true to say an Indian never misses. I have had a 

 fish gaffed absolutely in the centre of a rapid, if we 

 managed to get up alongside him in the canoe, and 

 while fish and canoe were being literally hurled down 

 stream, only steered by the one Indian with a 

 paddle ! 



■ The best flies are the Jock Scott, Durham Ranger, 

 Silver and Blue Doctors, and Black Fairy. The 

 average weight of one hundred and forty-four fish 

 killed in 1891 was 25*05 lb., and of one hundred and 

 thirty-three fish killed in 1892 was 26*82 lb.' 



I may refer those who wish to supplement this 



