the same fly to which he first rose. This, in 

 my opinion, is owing to the salmon being asleep. 

 Then, arousing, and seeing something moving 

 about which puzzles or startles him, he rises slowly 

 to see what it is, and having satisfied his curiosity, 

 gently drops for another nap. Awakening the 

 second time and seeing the fly, he says to himself: 

 " Oh, there 's that beastly thing again. How an- 

 noying ! Think I '11 go up and drive it away." 

 Being refreshed by his sleep, he feels more 

 like exercising; so, darting upward, he seizes the 

 hook. 



At the first of the season, my favorite fly, as 

 I have already stated, is the Silver Gray, but my 

 wife takes her salmon with the Silver Doctor. 

 When the water is a little clear, but still high, and 

 most of the anglers are using the Jock Scott as 

 well as other varieties, I find the Black Dose 

 kills just as many fish, showing that the color does 

 not make much difference at this stage of the 

 water. When the river is low, I believe that 

 salmon will take a small dark fly in preference to 

 one of a brighter color. Still, I have been very suc- 

 cessful using both the No. 6 double Dusty Mill-l- 

 and the No. 6 double Silver Gray, and this expe- 

 rience at times makes me doubt if they have any 

 choice. My friend the late R. G. Dun, who fished 

 the Cascapedia for many years, told me he found 

 that the medium-sized bright fly, even in low 



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