FISHING FOR TROUT AND SALMON. 153 



Of the eastern salmon we have the landlocked species or 

 ouananiche and the true Atlantic salmon. The ouananiche 

 (pronounced wannaneesh) is identical with the true Atlantic 

 salmon, except that it does not go to salt water and as a 

 consequence does not grow so large. It usually attains a 

 weight of two or three pounds. It is a great fighter and a 

 fine game fish. Brook trout fly tackle is used for landlocked 

 salmon. Dry fly fishing is said to be very successful for 

 this fish. 



The true salmon is a fish of peculiar habits. It breeds in 

 the fresh water streams and after reaching a certain age it 

 goes down to the ocean where it grows to a large size and 

 takes on a different appearance, when it comes back to the 

 streams to spawn, an Atlantic salmon. In the different stages 

 of its growth it is known first as a parr, then as a smolt, later 

 as a grilse and eventually it becomes a salmon. This is 

 interesting and we would like to have more of it but it is 

 the catching of the fish that interests the anglers most, and 

 a lengthy discourse on the habits of the fish cannot be in- 

 dulged in here. The Atlantic salmon is a beautiful fish, 

 and a game fighter. Specimens weighing as much as eighty 

 pounds have been taken but the usual catch runs from ten 

 to thirty pounds. One thing I wish to mention before going 

 farther ; salmon are "killed" not caught and you seldom hear 

 anglers talk about catching them, they invariably say "kill", 

 These fish spawn in the sea-going rivers of Maine, New 

 Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Quebec, Labrador, Newfoundland, 

 and the Unorganized Territory east of Hudson Bay, com- 

 monly known as Ungava. They seldom if ever enter rivers 

 south of Maine and the only really good fishing is in Canada 

 and Newfoundland. 



There is only one way to "kill" these fish and that is 

 by means of the artificial fly. The outfit most often used is 

 a salmon fly rod of greenheart or split bamboo from fifteen 

 to seventeen feet long, about fifteen and a half or sixteen 



