DAYS ON THE NEPIGON. 



in business; and through its active life of 

 thirty miles to Lake Helen, the stream re- 

 ceives no great accession to its volume, Eraser 

 River and the outlet of Lake Hannah being 

 the only streams of moderate size emptying 

 into the Nepigon, though there are others 

 quite small and unimportant. Fraser River is 

 in itself a very pretty stream, one-half to one 

 and a half pound trout running up and afford- 

 ing abundant opportunities for dry and wet 

 fly-fishing. 



There are doubtless many bigger pools 

 than those below Virgin Falls, but in all this 

 world there are few places harboring such 

 speckled trout as swim in those strong, 

 boulder-smashed rapids; and little wonder 

 they are large, for the shining minnows, 

 which come traipsing about or huddled to- 

 gether in silvery shoals and treading on each 

 other's feet, furnish nourishing food in gener- 

 ous quantities. 



