100 REINDEER LAKE AND FORT DU BROCHET 



thirteen trout, weighing fifty-two pounds. I 

 have often wondered what a whole day's catch 

 would amount to in weight in those unfished 

 waters, and almost regret I had not occasion to 

 make the test. 



Back's Grayling, or Arctic Grayling (?) is 

 only on very rare occasions caught in nets by 

 the natives. They probably do not live long 

 periods in Reindeer Lake, unless that when 

 doing so they keep to the deep waters and avoid 

 detection. I have caught them below Reindeer 

 Lake on the Reindeer River, and above Rein- 

 deer Lake on the Cochrane River. They are 

 much given to frequenting the swift waters of 

 river rapids, and it is there that I invariably 

 found them. They were caught only on a small 

 phantom minnow, which was the only lure I 

 could induce them to rise to, and weighed be- 

 tween one pound and a half and three pounds. 

 They were exceedingly game and fought splendidly 

 in the swift current. From an angling point of 

 view they afforded more excitement and fun 

 than did the Lake Trout. I greatly enjoyed 

 fishing for them, and also the scramble over the 

 rocks to reach their favourite " lies " in surround- 

 ings where the river roared and tossed in com- 

 panionable tumult. 



In shape the Grayling resembles the White- 

 fish, but the flesh is not so firm, and white, and 

 palatable, though quite fair eating. In colour the 

 upper sides are silvery brown, with glints of 

 pale blue, and also with slight yellow and red 

 tints, while there are a few widely spaced promi- 

 nent black spots on the fore-shoulder ; the back 



