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dump them in the new water and, within three or 

 four years, this also will give good fishing. It is a 

 rule of the Club that each lake shall bear the name 

 of the member who first takes a trout from it v I 

 have not yet been able to gain this coveted distinc- 

 tion, but hope to do so in the future. 



Moose are also common, their tracks being vis- 

 ible on the portages almost everywhere and I have 

 never made a trip to this country without seeing 

 these great deer, although my desire to kill them has 

 passed by. With trout it is my habit to put back into 

 the water about nine-tenths of my catch, after weigh- 

 ing and measuring any large ones, with great care 

 not to injure them, retaining only as many of the 

 smaller ones as my party can use for food, and this is 

 the usual practice of our members, so there are just 

 as many fish in these waters as they can support, they 

 are rapidly increasing in number, and the average 

 size of those taken from the big water is steadily 

 growing. As I fish only with the fly four pounds is 

 as yet my biggest, but other fly fishermen have shown 

 me trout up to four and one-half, one of five and a 

 quarter took a scarlet ibis last August, a two pound 

 fish attaching himself to the second fly at the same 

 time, and one weighing about six and a half pounds 

 has been caught in Saccacoma with trolling tackle. 



Trout, especially big trout, rarely rise with any 

 freedom until the natural flies become numerous, 

 so that one cannot expect much success with the fly 

 early in the year until the fly, black and mosquito, is 



