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bitterly disappointed, however, as we could not 

 make the fish pay attention to the fly. We could 

 see them all the time going over the shallows, but 

 they would not take at all. In thirty miles of the 

 river we only took two fish. Our Indian guide 

 said they would not bite until they got to the 

 place where they were going and there they would 

 take. I asked where that was, as there was a large 

 lake ahead and I knew I could not get any there. 

 He said he would show me and he did. He took 

 me to the corner of a small island about a mile 

 below the lake and said: "Here is where they are 

 going/' It did not look like much of a place to 

 catch salmon. The water was about three feet 

 deep with a poor current and stones from one to 

 two feet in diameter. I waded out and cast and 

 almost at once hooked a fish. Before night I 

 had taken seven and the following day we took all 

 we wanted here and near by. Anywhere else in 

 the river it was impossible to raise a fish. My 

 only explanation is that just above this point a 

 fair sized stream enters, known as Little Salmon 

 River, and the cooler water may have affected 

 them. Visiting the same place at the end of the 

 season another year I found that the salmon were 

 evidently going to spawn in two pools just above 



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