ADVICE ABOUT FISHING 



trade and it is for your own pleasure to learn the 

 rest. I made a trip this summer with a very old 

 friend of mine. On arriving at the Restigouche 

 he was shocked at the low water and what he heard 

 from the guides. I told him not to be discouraged, 

 he would have lots of sport. When we returned 

 home after two weeks with no rain in the mean- 

 time, he said, on parting, that he had never had 

 so good a trip or taken so many fish before; and 

 this was in spite of the worst fishing conditions 

 ever known. 



If my description of what I have observed and 

 learned proves of service to my fellow fishermen, 

 and helps them to enjoy the best of sport, I will 

 feel amply repaid. May we meet along the stream, 

 and if not there, then in the happy fishing grounds 

 of the Micmac Indians in the hereafter. I only 

 hope it may aid you if only in some small way to 

 have as much pleasure as I have had on the rivers. 

 On parting with one of our guides, as we left for 

 home, he remarked: "When you die, Charon will 

 have to stop the boat on the Styx and let you fish, 

 he could never get you across the river." I only 

 hope I may have one last chance to see if I can 

 raise one there also. 



