66 ANGLING FOE OUANANICHE 



May and June fishing, the Ouananiche, a new fly, 

 first shown me by Mr. McCarthy, and somewhat re- 

 sembling the Jock Scott, has been found extremely 

 successful. 



So long as there is not too much paddling about to 

 disturb the fish, casting from a canoe is to be pre- 

 ferred, though in Ouellet's Pool, at the mouth of the 

 Ouiatchouan, provided permission be obtained for 

 the purpose, fair angling can in places be had from 

 the easterly bank. In company with Messrs. Chase, 

 of Waterbury, John Wallace, Jr., of Ansonia, Conn., 

 E. M. Stocking, of Quebec, and B. A. Scott, of Kober- 

 val, I had some good sport fishing in this pool on the 

 23d and 24th of May, 1892. Messrs. Chase and Wal- 

 lace, to whom the place was new, were delighted be- 

 yond measure, both with the number of fish taken 

 and by the rare sport afforded even by those which 

 got away. The ouananiche were in most sportive 

 mood on both days, and that is more than can always 

 be said for them. It is more, too, than can with fidel- 

 ity and ease be described. Picture yourself upon the 

 surface of a pool 250 feet across, immediately at the 

 foot of a series of the wildest rapids, and within a 

 stone's-throw of where the stream mingles its waters 

 with those of Lake St. John. Down the middle of 

 yon background of densely wooded mountain that 

 limits the up-stream view of the river, scarcely a mile 

 distant, roll its magnificent waterfalls, rivalling in 

 height and beauty those of Montmorency. ISTo dry 

 fly-fishing is necessary here for ouananiche. Pretty 

 long casts are desirable, and when found fatiguing, 

 the method may be varied by trolling the flies so that 



