Penobscot, St. Croix, Pleasant, Narraguagus, and Dennys. These 

 rivers have been under development for several years and are 

 showing results. 



There are four main points of encouragement to poor man's 

 fishing: (i) More salmon. (2) Canada's marked increase in open- 

 water mileage. (3) Explosion of the expensive tackle myth. (4) 

 Transportation the old gaffer blew many crisp bills on railroad 

 transportation, but the roads in his day were not inviting; in 

 our day, they are. (A party of five salmon fishermen can drive 

 from Boston to Bathurst, New Brunswick, where the Nipisiguit 

 empties into Chaleur Bay, for less than ten dollars worth of 

 gasoline not two dollars apiece.) 



The season opens in April on the Restigouche. It closes on the 

 Big Tracadie, Jacquet, and Tabusintac not until October 31. 

 Overall, that's seven months. Poor man's salmon fishing has 

 arrived. 



er Canoe in Rapids, " a Winslow Homer water- 

 color in the collection of the Fogg Art Museum. 



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