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The advance-guard of the main body of salmon 

 begin to ascend above the tide-way about March 

 in early rivers, and enter the fresh water; and 

 during this and the three succeeding months of 

 April, May, and June, is the best time for an- 

 gling for salmon within ten or twelve miles 

 of the highest point of the river to which the 

 tide flows. About July, they begin to push up 

 towards the higher parts of the river, and now 

 enter its smaller subsidiary streams, gradually as- 

 cending towards their sources, during the months of 

 August, September, and October, as floods afford them 

 opportunity of passing the falls, wiers, and shallows 

 Should the weather be frosty, the early fish common- 

 ly begin spawning in November, though the greater 

 number spawn in December and January. Grilse, 

 the young of the salmon, which descend as smouts 

 or salmon-fry from the spawning ground to the sea 

 in April and May, return to the rivers about the 

 middle of June; and again descend to the sea in 

 September. Grilse, which on their first appearance 

 weigh from two to four pounds, and increase during 

 their abode in fresh water to six or seven, take 

 a smaller kind of salmon-fly, dressed on a hook, 

 No. 4, 5, or 6, according to the state of the water. 

 They may also be angled for with lob-worms, a 

 minnow, or a par's tail, 



Salmon in ascending a river, mostly keep in the 

 middle of the stream avoiding the shore, and sel- 

 dom making any stay in pools or weils which are 



