CHAPTEE XXI. 



A FOKEST PICTURE AN UPSET IN 



There is, I think, a love of novelty in all anglers. We pre- 

 fer to fish new waters when we can, and it is sometimes 

 pleasanter to explore, even without success, than to take fish 

 in familiar places. New and fine scenery is always worth 

 finding. [ W. C. Prime. 



HERE are a few pools on this river 

 as on others, where an occasional 

 salmon can be taken at any time 

 from the first of June to the close 

 of the season. Among these is 

 the "Shedden pool," which is 

 known as one of the very best 

 between tide-water and the Forks. 

 But after the middle of July, it is 

 too near the sea to afford as rich 

 returns as some others twenty or thirty miles 

 farther up. It is salmon nature when started on 

 their annual pilgrimage, to keep moving until 

 they reach their maternal destination. On this 

 river their chief spawning-places are from fifty 

 to seventy miles from tide-water. But there are 

 pools where they like to tarry on their journey ; 

 and we found none more generally thus honored 



