DAYS ON THE NEPIGON. 



height of the season there are immense num- 

 bers, the water fairly perspiring with them. 

 They are remarkably beautiful, with silvery 

 sides, iridescent scales and pearly pink trim- 

 mings; and are very properly catalogued 

 among the game fish, although their taking 

 the fly or anything more substantial from a 

 hook is purely accidental. If the whitefish 

 would rise to those beautiful deceptions as 

 readily as the bass or the trout, he would soon 

 establish his standing as high in the angler's 

 estimation as it already is in the appreciation 

 of the epicure. That means the whitefish 

 freshly caught. 



His preference is for the rather placid 

 water, though never hesitating to make occa- 

 sional forays into the roughest rapids ; for he 

 is capable of managing and sailing his own 

 craft in all weathers, if not interfered with. 

 They require careful handling, owing to their 

 small and tender mouths. 



The first one we ever caught was near the 

 foot of Virgin Falls. Hooking him was an 

 unavoidable accident on our part, and one 

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