130 FAMILIAR FISH, THEIR HABITS AND CAPTURE 



More fish have been lost through haste than through 

 any other single cause, and nearly all anglers at times 

 lose patience. 



The ouananiche being generally taken in very 

 rough water, they should, whenever possible, be led 

 to a quiet eddy to play and land. This relieves one 

 from the added strain of the swift-flowing water. 

 The same flies are used as in salmon fishing, the 

 gaudy bright ones being preferred. At times almost 

 any fly may be used successfully ; when the fish do 

 not rise readily, different ones should be thoroughly 

 tried. Some locally known flies, such as the B. A. 

 Scott and McCarthy Ouananiche, are usually found 

 to be attractive. In fishing with two flies, always 

 use the brighter one as the trailer or end, and a dull 

 contrasting one as the dropper or top. Nos. 4 and 

 5 are the proper sizes of hooks to use. 



Those who have the time and opportunity, and 

 have had sufficient practice in fly casting, will do well 

 to seek the ouananiche, and then to turn to sea-trout 

 fishing, for, with the exception of salmon, these two 

 fish afford the greatest sport that the angler can find. 

 As has been stated, all rivers flowing into the St. 

 Lawrence below Quebec, and those running into the 

 Saguenay, are naturally trout waters. With the 

 going out of the ice, often earlier, the trout all run 

 down to salt water, and remain there until July or 



