DRY-FLY FISHING 



July, 1921, on the upper Restigouche River below 

 Kedgewick Junction, The water was very clear 

 and low; the most unsatisfactory conditions in 

 many years. One particularly hot day when the 

 lower pools of our water were all empty but one 

 (where I had taken two salmon from the eight in it), 

 I decided to make a trip and see the fish in the big 

 water below. As I passed the camp I saw some one 

 on the porch and decided to ask if they were having 

 any luck. Mr. B. was most polite and offered to 

 show me the fish. He said : " We have not taken any 

 in three days with four rods." When we got down 

 to the bank he remarked that it was a pity that I 

 did not have my tackle as I might try and see 

 what I could do. I replied that I had my rods in 

 my canoe, so he got into his gaspe and I into my 

 canoe and we paddled down the current to the 

 nearest pool. A brook comes in at the head of 

 this pool and there were springs in a little slough 

 at the side. Just abreast this in the cold water 

 was an interesting sight — a school of salmon lying 

 just below the surface extending for a space of 

 twenty or thirty feet wide and perhaps 200 feet 

 long, side by side in solid formation. I could not 

 estimate the number. In size they seemed to be 

 from twelve to thirty or forty poimds. It just 



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