230 REFUSES THE FLY, &C. 



that from some cause or other, the fish frequenting them 

 will take neither fly nor worm. 



" As to the Bothnian Gulf side of the country " such 



are the words of Mr. C (a good authority on fishing 



matters), in a note to me, dated the 29th of September, 

 1851 " I was last year one of five rods, who tried many 

 rivers between Stockholm and Tornea ; amongst the rest, 

 the Elf-Karleby and the Ljusna both magnificent rivers, and 

 finer than any I have seen in Norway but not one of 

 us killed a fish. My brother tried trolling, but with no 

 better success. Large trout and charr took salmon-flies 

 well." 



In a subsequent letter, Mr. C says : " We met two 



more Bothnian martyrs Messrs. Stanley and S , at 



Trollhattan. They, like us, did not see a fish. They 



mentioned another man H , of the Scots Greys who 



made a failure like the rest of us." 



" I have tried most of the rivers in the Gulf of Bothnia," 

 writes Mr. Richard Dann, also a very good authority, " and 

 have killed a few salmon ; but as far up the rivers as they 

 could make their way for falls. My belief is that although 

 one may occasionally hook a fish, there is no salmon fishing 

 in these rivers." 



Several of my other friends testify to the same effect ; 

 amongst the rest, Mr. Oscar Dickson, who has resided 

 for several years near to the Njurunda, one of the most 

 magnificent of the Bothnian rivers, and who has fished 

 the greater part of them. 



If the salmon in the Bothnian rivers will not generally 

 take fly and from what has been stated, such would really 

 seem to be the case it is a very curious fact, and one well 



