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taking them, though the practice is thought 

 to be destructive to the breed of salmon ; 

 they appear the latter end of March, and 

 continue till May, unlefs a rise of water 

 happens, which enables them to pafs the 

 weirs, and they are carried into the sea. 

 They are caught with the artificial fly, and 

 gentles. Your rod ought to be very fine, 

 your line not much longer than your rod, 

 the lower links should consist of single hair, 

 the flies must be exceeding small, and you 

 may fish with three or four at about a foot 

 distant from each other. As they rise very 

 quick, they will deceive your eye, so that 

 it will be necefsary to draw the flies rather 

 quick on the surface of the water and they 

 will hook themselves.. Gentles may be 

 shed with in the same manner, using very 

 small hooks, and putting a single gentle on 

 each. The links on which these hooks are 

 tied should not exceed three inches, as they 

 are apt to entangle the line if longer.. Great 

 quantities have been caught in the Cotton 

 Mill dam, at Newark, and they are universal- 

 ly esteemed for their fine flavour- 



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