DO SALMON FEED IN FRESH WATER? 37 



If salmon do not feed why do they rise 

 and take a fly? Why do they pursue all 

 moving objects? Why should a salmon fly 

 be manipulated so as to resemble a moving 

 minnow or insect and why should jungle- 

 cock feathers be the most attractive dressing 

 for a fly if not to attract the light as scales 

 do on a small fish? 



One theory is that the salmon enter fresh 

 water for one purpose alone and that they 

 desire to destroy all creatures that may en- 

 danger their future young. This would 

 imply much forethought, for the fish enter 

 the Grand Cascapedia in June and do not 

 spawn until November. 



Salmon have been known to seize, suck, 

 and eject floating butterflies and other in- 

 sects. Can it be that they obtain their 

 sustenance by sucking and ejecting their 

 food in fresh water because they cannot di- 

 gest solids owing to the changes that occur 

 in the stomach and alimentary canal of the 

 fresh run salmon? 



Is it not possible that when a salmon first 



