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Although the orthodox method of casting generally answers, 

 namely, ' to bring the fly round the stream, describing the segment 

 of a circle, taking one step in advance at every throw, occasionally 

 giving short jerks in order to set the wings in alternate expansion 

 and contraction ', yet there are exceptions to this rule. 



For instance, take the well-known ' Falls Pool ' below the Grand 

 Falls of the Nepisiquit, in New Brunswick, the highest point of 

 the river which the salmon reaches. Here the falling water in 

 countless ages has worn away a deep gorge between precipitous 

 cliffs, raging and wallowing through a narrow channel, sending up 

 volumes of fine spray to be pierced by the rays of the summer sun 

 until a beautiful mist rainbow overarches the cataract. Below 

 this is a smaller fall, where the salmon occasionally essay a futile 

 leap. At a little farther distance the mass of foaming water rests 

 in a pool of comparative calm and quiet. It is extremely interesting 

 to stand on the rocks overhanging the river and watch the salmon, 

 their every movement distinctly evident. As the pool is shallow, 

 it would be impossible to take any fish here, were it not that a great 

 fragment of shelving rock, detached from the cliff, rests on a ledge 

 at the base. Crawling~upon this rock on all fours, and entirely 



CAMP ON THE NEPISIQUIT. 



concealed from view, the fisherman has to throw his fly very lightly 

 on the pool, and allowing it to rest for one moment only on the 

 calm surface, must immediately withdraw it if not taken. One 



