The Land of the Winanishe 



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The End of Canoe Journey. 



tours rrequently during the day, but only 

 in the morning and evening when they 

 have grown fat and lazy and the water 

 is warm. At other times, when on the 

 feed, they rise as the patches of broue float 

 over their lairs. Except in swift and 

 shallow water, where they are seldom 

 found, or when coming with a rush from 

 the bottom of a deep hole among the 

 rocks, they do not leap for the fly like 

 trout; they take it like salmon, on the 

 downward turn, gently and deliberately. 

 The salmon-cast, with a medium-sized 

 salmon-fly, is therefore the most effective. 

 Jock Scott, Curtis, Popham, Silver Doctor, 

 and Donkey are all good flies, the first 

 named being always a stand-by. Yellow 

 and black seems the favorite combination ; 

 gray comes next, but red meets with little 

 favor. The silver-bodied flies are best at 

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