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fish were big ones, going from two to three pounds. "With a 

 Montreal I could catch fish of about a pound, as fast as I 

 wanted to, but the big fellows ignored it as well as about 

 twenty other kinds I offered them. As a last resource I put on 

 a big Jock Scott and it happened to be the very thing they 

 wanted and I started to kill the big fellows at once. That 

 afternoon I could have caught more than I could carry if I 

 had been able to use them. As it was I just put back fish after 

 fish and never kept anything that was not badly hooked or I 

 thought was over two pounds. My best fish was over three 

 pounds. Another man who was fishing the same afternoon had 

 equal success with a huge fly called the " Bumble Bee," an 

 almost exact imitation, of the natural insect. I have never used 

 it myself or seen anybody else use it before or since. 



To return, however, to the question of flies, the following 

 list will total up to some thirty flies, the principal ones are 

 shown on the illustrated plate and a few notes on each given. 

 Remember, however, that no matter how good a fly may be, 

 you cannot hope for success unless you not only cast it prop- 

 erly but also keep out of sight. It is quite useless to hope to 

 catch fish with the sun casting your shadow on the water, or if 

 you are standing up in a boat and expecting to rise fish with 

 a short line out. You must keep out of sight (if you are in a 

 boat make long casts), drop your fly lightly, using fine casts, 

 and let it float naturally with the current, and you will then 

 catch fish if they are to be caught. 



There is one more hint I can give you if you find fish are 

 shy or rising short and a change of pattern or size has not the 

 desired effect, take a piece of white kid glove, about an eighth 

 of an inch square will be about right, and put the hook through 

 it. This device will often have most astonishing results. 



I will now give you a few pointers on each fly separ- 

 ately. 



Jock Scott. To be tied on No. 6 hook. It is liable to do 

 good work at any time for not only trout but salmon and steel- 

 heads. 



Silver Doctor. To be tied on No. 6 and 8 hook. This is often 

 a very killing fly, especially with a bit of colour in the water, 

 but should be fished extra deep. 



Blue Doctor. To be tied on No. 6 and 8 hook. This fly is 

 very similar to the silver doctor, only it has a blue body. I 

 have found it the better of the two, particularly on coast 

 streams. It should be fished very deep. 



Parmachene Belle. To be tied on No. 6 and 8 hook. This 

 is one of the favourite flies and is used from one end of the 

 Province to the other. Especially good on streams on or near 

 the coast. 



