THROUGH CANADA 



experience of Irish salmon fishing, that a pool may be 

 well stocked and not one out of a score will look at. the 

 angler's lure, the exception being the fresh arrival 

 from the sea. It is of the first importance, therefore, 

 to obtain accurate particulars in regard to the time 

 the fish run. The omnibus information, that salmon 

 angling is good from July to November, is too 

 general to be of value. What we know is that the 

 time varies on different rivers — some are early, 

 others late. This goes on from year to year without 

 much change. The danger is that one may travel 

 hundreds of miles to a river and, on reaching it, be 

 as badly off as the man a hundred miles from 

 anywhere with the wrong cartridges. 



Trout, on the other hand, are permanent residents, 

 and the angling season is more indefinite. Here 

 again a knowledge of their habits is valuable. When 

 the fly is on the water, is always the best time for 

 angling. This rule is of universal application. 

 There is a set-off in many parts of the Dominion 

 against cultivating the acquaintance of the streams 

 during that period. It is the time when the 

 pestilential black fly bites a piece out of the angler's 

 flesh, sucks his blood, and then flies off with the 

 piece ! Waiving that point, May and June are the 

 best months. In July and August the fry appear in 

 the rivers and lakes in myriads, and receive the 

 trout's undivided attention. This is the case at 

 home, and I found it exactly the same in the 



