THE GAME PISHES OF THE WOELD 



"belief holds to a certain extent in England, and has resulted, 

 among many interesting experiments, in attempts being made 

 to introduce artificially propagated eggs from one river to another 

 on the principle of adding new vigour to a stock that habitually 

 interbreeds. The beneficial result of this, if I am not mistaken, 

 has been noticed in larger and better salmon. 



An interesting incident on the Eestigouche in ^JSTew Brunswick 

 tends to show that, in some instances, salmon do return to the 

 same stream, and will not, if interfered with. One owner of this 

 river built a dam on his water to force the salmon to spawn lower 

 down. The following year there was a great faDing off in salmon. 

 In three years they had deserted the river, and when the pre- 

 sent owners leased the river and removed the dam, it took 

 five years to bring back the river to its original status. Among 

 other attributes, salmon, it would seem, have memory, though 

 of course they may have gone up the river and turned back ; 

 but it is believed they did not enter in any numbers. Many of 

 these interesting experiments have been carried on in a period of 

 sixty years at the breeding establishment for salmon on the 

 river Tay. 



We have, then, the salmon of twenty or fifty pounds, or the 

 grilse of ten, in the upper pools of some of the English rivers 

 in spring, summer, fall or winter, fresh from the sea and in the 

 finest condition, full of vigour and ready to take a fly, which is 

 made as alluring as possible by the various fly-makers of the 

 kingdom. Salmon tackle that is so alluring and fascinating 

 is practically the same in England and America ; that is, all the 

 old flies that have come down the years, have been perpetuated 

 in both countries : Jock Scott, Grey Turkey, Silver Doctor, Bull 

 Dog, Durnham Sanger, Eoutledge's Fancy, Irishman's Stocking, 

 Grey Doctor, Dun Turkey, Golden Pheasant, and many more. 



' A man that goeth to the river for his pleasure must understand 

 when he goeth there to set forth his Tackles. The first thing he must do 

 is to observe the sun, the wind, the moon, the starres and the wanes of 

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