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there taking a fly. The pool is an ideal spawning 

 ground. 



"As regards size I would compare the Humber 

 with the Tweed ; but it runs through a huge lake, 

 12 miles long and 3 miles broad, beginning 8 miles 

 from the mouth. The exceptional pool, where the 

 fish do take, is in an upper reach above this 

 lake. 



" The rivers in which the fly is freely taken are 

 very many. Among the better-known ones are the 

 Grand River or Codroy, the Little River, Robinson's, 

 Fischers, Crabbs', Torrent, Serpentine, River of Ponds, 

 and Harry's Brook. These are annually visited 

 by Canadians and Americans all fishing is free 

 in Newfoundland and it is the merest chance if 

 you are left in undisturbed possession of the pool 

 on which you are camped. I found the following, in 

 the order named, the most killing flies : Silver Doctor, 

 Dusty Miller, Silver Grey, Jock Scott, Wilkinson, 

 Black Dose, Butcher, Lemon Grey. The conditions 

 of wind and water under which each would be used 

 are the same as those which govern the use of these 

 flies in the British Isles. 



" One curious fact struck me. The fish do not 

 ascend the rivers when they are flooded. Invariably 

 they wait for the water to drop to normal level 

 before moving up. This remark applies only to fish 

 waiting in the salt water. Most of the rivers I 

 visited become so small and shallow 10 miles from 

 the coast that the fish can move in a flood only. 



" In almost every instance there is a large lake 



