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With Rod and Gun in New England 



attempt was made to restock the Connecticut river some years ago, but 

 for some reason or other the effort was abandoned. 



Stray salmon are taken in the shad nets almost every year, which 

 demonstrates conclusively that if the work of restocking this river had 

 been continued under favorable conditions, and with proper legislation to 

 protect the fish, the Connecticut would be a salmon-producing river to-day. 



As there is only one river in which salmon can be taken in goodly 

 numbers with a fly in the eastern part of the United States, and on which 

 the fishing is confined to less than a mile of water just below the water- 

 works dam at Bangor, the river is usually overcrowded with fishermen 

 during the best part of the season, and as comparatively only few rods can 



Photo, by E. W. Anthonj 



Time for the Gaff. 



be accommodated there, nearly all those who indulge in salmon fishing 

 must, therefore, go to Canada for it. But the time has arrived when it is 

 very difficult, indeed, to secure a right to fish on a good river in the Prov- 

 inces, even if one is prepared to pay a big price for it, simply because of 

 late years salmon fishing has become somewhat of a fad among wealthy 

 people, and nearly all the valuable fishing privileges are already either 

 bought outright or leased for a term of years, especially those on the best 

 rivers that are easily accessible. The fisherman who succeeds in buying 

 or leasing water enough for himself and an additional rod for a friend, on 



