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oval hole about half an inch long with round 

 smooth edges where the hook had finally festered 

 out and the wound was healing. There were 

 probably 200 other fish in the pool at the time. 

 It seemed queer that this one fish was the one al- 

 ways ready for the fly. He was evidently what is 

 called a "taking" fish. Some guides believe that 

 there are some fish which always take the fly 

 readily and others which never do so. This might 

 seem true if it were not for occasional days when 

 every salmon in the river seems ready to bite. 

 I have seen several such days in my experience but 

 they are very rare. 



A few years ago in New Foundland I had quite 

 an interesting time taking salmon in a most un- 

 usual place. The river I was fishing ran about 

 seven miles from the sea to the first lake. There 

 were few pools and the fishing was poor at this 

 point. Between the first and second lakes there 

 were a fine series of rocky pools where we had some 

 fine sport. Above the second lake there was some 

 good water but almost no fish. We wondered at 

 this until a native told me they did not go up the 

 main river above the second lake but all went up a 

 small stream entering the second lake. We went 

 to the mouth of this stream; it was not over fifteen 



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