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pie silk will answer. The leader should be of single gut, 

 if round and strong, and may be colored in tea. Double 

 gut will break the rod but not save the fish. The flies, 

 contrary to the received opinion in Europe, should be 

 dark, especially clarets and browns, above all the impal- 

 pable "fiery brown," and of rather a small size, with a 

 few larger for rough water. The reel should be large 

 enough to carry two hundred yards of line, although 

 with activity and a hundred an angler may make out. 



As for the number of fish, even in the best streams, 

 those who read Lanmann must receive his statements 

 with, to use a moderate term, some allowance. Ten or 

 twelve fish in the course of a day is excellent luck, and 

 will keep the angler sufficiently occupied and excited, 

 but the average good fishing through the season is not 

 half that number, and there are many blank days. The 

 upper shore of the St. Lawrence furnishes the largest 

 fish, but New Brunswick the most abundant. The rivers 

 in the former are mostly leased to individuals by the 

 government, and of course closed to the public except 

 by the consent of the lessees. That famous association 

 called the Hudson's Bay Company, a kingdom within a 

 kingdom, until a few years ago, were sole proprietors of 

 fishing rights, but having taken pains worthy of our 

 emulation to destroy the fish, the government curtailed 

 their privileges, and passed stringent laws and regula- 

 tions, which are set out in the appendix, for the preserva- 

 tion of the fish. 



The rivers of New Brunswick are still free.* The 

 fly-fishing in Canada lasts till the first day of Sep- 

 tember, and in New Brunswick till the fifteenth; but 



* This is changed. There is no free salmon fishing in the Provinces. 



