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is propitious, will afford as many fish and as much sport as 

 the most exacting can possibly desire. 



In the spring the best fishing is to be obtained under- 

 neath the dam, which is built across the river a few hun- 

 dred yards below where it debouches from the lake, and 

 formed for the purpose of gathering a good head of water 

 to assist in shooting the lumbermen's logs. In autumn, 

 however, it is the reverse, for above the dam the great- 

 est numbers and the heaviest fish are found. Why trout 

 should at the various seasons select different resorts, is 

 still a matter of surmise ; our opinion is, that in summer 

 all that are able leave the river and betake themselves to 

 the locality of the springs in the bottom of the lake, or lie 

 down in such deep water as has not been rendered tepid 

 by the rays of the sun ; but as the season advances, and be- 

 comes proportionally cool, the fish retake themselves to the 

 streams, either for the purpose of spawning, or because the 

 rapid water is a more suitable residence during the severi- 

 ty of a Northern winter. This migration, if such it may be 

 called, has a great resemblance to the movements of sal- 

 mon, except that the latter have the choice of the ocean in- 

 stead of the land-locked lakes. Thus our readers will see 

 that midsummer is not the season to visit this picturesque 

 neighborhood, even were the flies and mosquitoes less nu- 

 merous ; but even if the sport was then to be enjoyed to 

 perfection, their assaults would render the fascinating pleas- 

 ure of fly-fishing a perfect labor. 



Turning from the house, a footpath, sufficiently clear to 

 permit you to carry your rod ready for work, leads off to 

 the right, and soon you reach the river, tumbling with a 

 headlong, impetuous rush through several flood-gates and 

 a shoot.* The river above and below the fall is lovely, yet 



* A smooth incline, down which the logs are floated. 



