5 6 FISHING ON THE NE PICON. 



the assistance and information that the visitor may 

 require. This gentleman can be vouched for as 

 thoroughly trustworthy as well as efficient. Trains 

 leave Montreal and Ottawa twice a day, passing 

 through this wild lake and river land, and to avoid 

 being hampered with extra packages when crossing 

 the Atlantic, I may say that rods, fishing-tackle, etc. 

 in fact, all the hundred-and-one little trifles that 

 make a fisherman's kit complete can either be ob- 

 tained in New York or Montreal of most excellent 

 quality and at moderate prices. 



The artificial flies to be employed on the Nepigon 

 are identical in colour with those that are most suc- 

 cessful in the Scotch and north of Ireland rivers,, viz., 

 black, red, and ginger Hackles, Hare's-lug, etc., but all 

 should be tied of a size just under those used for sea 

 trout. If the Nepigon should chance to be very low, 

 smaller sized flies than the above will be found effec- 

 tive, but on no account, whatever the state of the 

 water may be, have upon your reel less than sixty 

 yards of line, for eight-pound trout are not unknown 

 here ; four and five-pounders are plentiful ; while 

 nothing under one pound should ever see the inside 

 of your creel. 



The varieties of the Salmonidce family to be ob- 

 tained in these " Dominion " waters are almost iden- 

 tical with those in the Rangelah Lake district, State 

 of Maine, although I do not think that they have yet 

 been thoroughly studied, and, therefore, classified ; 

 but of this Piscators may feel assured, that gamer, 

 handsomer, or finer flavoured fish, never made ac- 

 quaintance with the landing net. 



Further, I should state that the fishing here is 

 not alone confined to river work, for lakes open out 

 in every direction, on which trolling with " shiners " 

 or even "spoons" will afford no end of pleasure. 

 From the middle of September to the middle of 

 October I would deem the best time of the year 



