BRITAINS BEYOND THE SEAS 



in Newfoundland and of those in British Columbia. 

 His answer is very interesting : 



'* UNION CLUB, 



WESTWARD Ho, R.S.O., NORTH DEVON, 

 31st December 1905. 



" My dear Hoddy, ... In Newfoundland we find 

 exactly the same salmo solar that frequents our own 

 British rivers. He is alike in every particular except 

 that he runs smaller. I have caught the grilse as 

 small as 2J Ibs. A small fly is used ; the favourite 

 sizes are 5, 6, and 7. The salmon takes the fly freely 

 on all the rivers I have visited with one exception. 

 That is in the case of the Hum her, the largest river 

 in the island. There the fish take the fly on one pool 

 only. It is a big pool, 500 yards in length, below some 

 falls about 15 feet high, and about 20 miles from the 

 estuary. During the run in summer it is wonderful to 

 see the salmon leaping the falls. Why they rise only in 

 that pool I cannot tell. To look at, the lower reaches 

 of the Humber, and one pool in particular, about 

 6 miles from the mouth, called the Grand Rapids, 

 which I saw to hold many large salmon, are such 

 as should afford perfect fishing. I camped there for 

 ten days this year. The natives told me that the 

 large fish never go above this pool, but remain all 

 the summer there and spawn. I tried every lure I 

 could think of, but never raised a fish, although the 

 conditions were all that could be wished. A friend 

 who was camped here in 1903 did get three fish. 

 That is the only known instance of the salmon 



