SEA TROUT CAUGHT WITH A FLY. 257 



' current, instead of being across it as before, and 

 ' occasioned mucb more undulation. If I had been 

 ' the first adventurer, and had chosen yesterday to 

 ' commence operations, I should have voted it as a 



* fact that anglers have no chance in salt water, ex- 



* cept indeed with sea fish, for I caught with a 

 ' large salmon fly three cuddies, (fish common by 

 4 that name on this coast) of small size. My sport 

 ' on the former day was not interrupted by the 

 ' presence of at least one seal who was making the 

 ' most of his opportunity. Similar instances may 

 ' perhaps occur at the mouths of Scotch and Irish 

 4 rivers, but as I never heard of one, and as the 



* fact appears to be new in this country, and the 

 ' practice confined to one spot, I have thought it 

 ' worth some notice, as the observer of the habits 

 ' of a tribe whose conduct and propensities are 

 ' little known, and so frequently elude detection. 

 ' Sea trout have been caught with the fly this sea- 

 ' son, at the same place. They are of a very fine 

 ' class, spotted like leopards^ and run from three to 

 ' five pounds, and are much stronger on the line 

 ' than the salmon, but I think more shy risers. 



' There is a favorite angling river of mine in this 

 ( neighbourhood, where salmon are in abundance ; 

 ' but the sea trout, such as I have described, are 

 ' quite unknown. In fact, of the numerous lakes 

 ' and rivers which this country contains, I believe 



