SECRETS OF THE SALMON 



here, as they were collected in large numbers. 

 These fish reach Gander Lake about July 5th. 

 The lake is almost like a figure eight, the outlet at 

 the narrow part of the lake and the inlet opposite 

 only a few miles away. The fish do not appear in 

 the river beyond until well on in August. It is 

 only a few miles across but they travel around the 

 shores, a distance of eighty or a hundred miles, 

 in place of going straight across. This is shown 

 by their appearance at the mouths of other small 

 rivers. 



One day at the home camp we had a scow drawn 

 up in the pool. The water was very clear and we 

 could see five or six salmon swimming about the 

 centre of the pool in eight or ten feet of water. I 

 thought I would see if I could hook one of them as 

 they are particularly hard to get under these con- 

 ditions. I put on a long leader and lead-bodied 

 fly with erect wings and a No. 12 hook and cast 

 out and let it sink about four feet, then drew it 

 toward me slowly. One of the fish made a rush, 

 took it, and was hooked. He did not jump but 

 tore about the centre of the pool. The others 

 seemed much excited, and one of them followed 

 him alongside for some distance and then seemed 

 to make up his mind what was the matter. He 



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