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the river, but there are hundreds of little runs in which 

 fish can and no doubt do spawn. I have seen both 

 salmon and sea-trout in them far advanced by August 10, 

 but they will not take fly or minnow. 



I merely tried them for experiment, as there is no 

 sport in hooking fish in such places ; in fact, I write off 

 the Junkerdal as practically useless for angling purposes, 

 but valuable as a nursery. 



The Lens river, which joins the Junkerdal at Storjord, 

 may be dismissed, as it is very shallow, and sea-char 

 alone frequent it. 



We have now from Storjord to Rognan to deal with, 

 a distance of about twenty-three miles, and I should 

 reduce this by the distance of about five miles, from near 

 Drage to Rognan, leaving a distance of about eighteen 

 miles for angling. 



I write off the five miles between about Drage and 

 Rognan, as there the river is very wide, and the pools, 

 such as they are, being very small, offer little inducement 

 for fish to rest. They are not what I call salmon pools, 

 and are the best portion of a mile apart. 



The Sal ten river from Storjord may be described as 

 a wide, sweeping river, i-unning over a gravel bottom, 

 which is continually shifting, and, roughly speaking, in 

 accordance with my ideas, there frequently is no more 

 than one pool in each three-quarters of a mile. 



