Nepigon River Fishing 



black snout, looking like a fence-post, and 

 sinks slowly back. Whitefish give a pleas- 

 ant change to the menu. They frequent 

 quiet bays or bends, where bubbles mark 

 the haunt of their sporting-schools, and 

 require careful handling. The Macki- 

 naw, or lake trout, are coarse and heavy. 

 Tempted only by glaring flies out of their 

 lurking-places in swiftest water, they waste 

 time and strain tackle till the angler is more 

 vexed than pleased with his victim. For 

 many sportsmen there is the like objection 

 to fishing in Hamilton's Pool or Victoria 

 Rapids, two points usually greatly favored. 

 In the first, there rages a tumult of tor- 

 rents, interrupted by occasional eruptions 

 into the air of pebbles, fish, and foam. In 

 the other, a vehement lashing swell lends 

 to a two-pound trout the pretence of thrice 

 his weight. And in neither haunt are large 

 fish oftener taken than in the quieter up- 

 stream pools. 



Of such pools fairly a dozen are within 

 ten minutes' pull from the home camp. 

 At the head of rapids, large or small ; on 

 either smooth side, just before the break ; 

 in eddies refluent along their torrent ; at 

 the tail where the displaced water rushes 

 back upward past both banks ; upon the 

 reef usually formed beyond ^the foot, and 

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