and the Maritime Provinces. 



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a good salmon river that is easy of access, has secured a privilege which 

 few can procure. 



A long and tiresome journey, difficulty often experienced in securing 

 competent canoe-men, the large lease bills, and incidental expenses, with 

 poor fishing frequently, and consequent disappointment, prevent a large 

 number of fishermen from entering into the sport ; but stili there are nearly 

 every year as many rods as there is room for during the season on the best 

 pools of any good salmon river. The salmon-fishing season in Canada is 

 extremely short, owing to the long winters experienced there ; the rivers 

 being ice-bound for five or six months every year. 



In Scotland, Ireland and England the fishing season opens at different 

 times on different rivers. On most of the rivers it opens about February 



Photo, by L. R. Howe. 



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1st, on some even earlier, and closes about October 15th. There is there- 

 fore eight months' open season out of the twelve each year, against only 

 about two and a half months in Canada, although the open season begins 

 May 1st and ends August 15th ; very few fish are taken before June 1st. 

 But it must not be supposed that the fishing is good on all Scotch, Irish 

 and English rivers during the whole time that it is legal to fish for salmon. 

 Thev have the spring run and the autumn run of fish ; but there is a chance 



