and the Maritime Provinces. 



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Upper dam, and the fly, if dexterously and patiently cast, will certainly 

 lure them from the deep pools in which they lie. 



The next lake in the series is the Mollechunkamunk, sometimes called 

 the upper Richardson lake. This is a favorite resort with many, and on 

 its shores are erected some of the handsomest and most expensive private 

 camps in this region. Near the head of the lake are the Richardson ponds, 

 which are noted for the great number of deer that are found in the forest 

 around them, and for the fly-fishing for trout, which is in the summer very 

 fine. There are many places on this lake where large trout are obtained, 

 and good fly-fishing is to be had at the mouth of Beaver and Metalic 

 brooks, and off the great point at the foot of the lake called Metalic point. 



Photo, by W. L. Underwood. 



Head- Works to a Raft of Logs on a Maine Lake. 



This lake is connected with the Welokennebacook or lower Richard- 

 son lake by a long strait called the " Narrows," in which at the proper 

 season, capital fly-fishing is to be obtained. A well-known fisherman, a 

 number of years ago, took in two days' fishing, sixty trout that weighed 108 

 pounds at a single point — the outlet of a small brook — in the Narrows, 

 and it is still a favorite spot with anglers, the fish being, apparently, as 

 abundant as ever. At the outlet of this lake there is good fly-fishing, both 

 above and below the Middle dam, but this locality is not as good as it 

 was before the new dam was built. 



In those days great catches were made in " the Run " above the dam, 

 and many of them have gone into the fish books as a matter of record. 

 The best catch ever made by the writer at this place consisted of seven 



