56 SEA TROUT. 



lower St. Lawrence and all its tributaries they abound. 

 It would be more difficult to tell where not to find them 

 than where to find them. But the best trout-fishing sea- 

 son is later, when they have followed the salmon and 

 retired to the upper waters of the mountain streams, 

 where they lie together in shoals, in the deep pools. 

 Then they may be traced by the wake their motion 

 leaves in the water ; then may the fisherman, casting a 

 long line and careful fly, pick the finest and go on fish- 

 ing till heart and soul are satisfied. There, amid the 

 wild scenery, at the foot of the granite hills, by the 

 shade of the stunted spruce, he may take his stand upon 

 some point of rocks, near to a black pool, and deftly 

 wielding the slender rod, may bring to the net one after 

 another of the mighty denizens of the water. But even 

 then, if he would take the mightiest he must prove him- 

 self a sportsman by keeping out of sight and casting far 

 and straight. And when his sport is terminated by the 

 declining day, or his ample satisfaction, and he meets 

 his companions round the camp-fire, over a well cooked 

 supper improved by a vigorous appetite, he will exchange 

 experiences of the habits of fish or the arcana of the 

 angler's art. 



If, however, he loves the " wet sheet and the flowing 

 sea," a nautical anomaly, by the way, he may pursue 

 his prey in the open bays, and with a smart breeze and 

 long line, and gaudy fly dancing from wave to wave, 

 have great sport. Under these circumstances the fish 

 are almost uncontrollable and must be often followed 

 with the boat for a long way before they can be killed. 

 It is gloriously exciting, the bright waters sparkling with 



