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FOREST AND STREAM 
[Feb. 27, 1904. 
on divisibly ami indefinitely. If a friend tells you he has 
fished the Miramichi River, never dare to doubt his 
word. If he has ever fished that part of New Brunswick, 
it is doubtful if he has fished anything else." 
/ 1 have cast the fly in most of these streams many a 
tim«, and noble sport I have had; the scenery througk 
which all these rivers pass is picturesque in the extreme, 
and at many points is almost grand and awe-inspiring; 
but although they have always had attractions for me, 
I have for some reason or other, perhaps because I killed 
my first salmon in its waters, had a preference for the 
Nepisiquit, and to this day, if I had my choice of an op- 
Eortunity for salmon fishing, I think I should go to this 
eautiful river. 
The recollection of my first visit to the Nepisiquit is 
among the pleasantest in my memory. I had received an 
invitation from_ one of the provinical officials to join him 
in a short outing on the river, and in compliance with 
that invitation I met him at the principal hotel in 
Bathurst one afternoon in early summer; he had arrived 
in the town a day or two preceding me, and had canoe- 
men engaged, stores laid in, and everything was in readi- 
ness for a start up the river as soon as I arrived. 
My long, rough ride had proved very fatiguing, and I 
should have been glad to have stopped in the hotel over 
night, but as my friend seemed anxious to get away at 
the earliest possible moment, I hastily changed my clothes 
at the hotel, donning my fishing suit, and with rod case, 
fly-book, and all the other paraphernalia of an angler's 
outfit, climbed into a two-seated wagon which was wait- 
ing for us at the hotel stoop, and we started off at a brisk 
rate on the road which led to a landing on the river a 
few miles above the town. 
Our canoes, stores, tents, etc., had been packed on a 
heavy wagon, and this had preceded us an hour or so, 
and arrived at the river shore about the time we reached 
using the fly on the surface as I had heretofore been 
accustomed to when fishing for trout. "Sare, you no fish 
just right," exclaimed my French guide. "Ze fly must 
sink — 80," and he took the rod from my hand and cast 
the fly deftly way across the pool into a dark eddy, be- 
neath the surface ©f which it was allowed to sink two or 
three inches and then was drawn a foot ©r s© towards 
the angler, which operation was repeated until the rod 
v/as almost lifted ready for a back cast. 
I saw at once what my guide wished to teach me, and 
again taking the rod, I cast out into the same bit of 
water into which he had cast, and I think I proved a 
creditable pupil, for I had not offered my lure a dozen 
times before it was accepted, and I was fast to a noble 
fish. 
I dare say that most anglers have a vivid recollection 
of their first success with a large fish. I remember as 
perfectly as if the event was yesterday the first large 
pickerel I ever captured; it was a five-pounder, and I 
was only about ten years of age; and the recollection of 
my first heavy trout and bass comes back to me as if 
the occurrence had been a very recent one. 
A strange thrill passed through me as I felt that in- 
describable tug at my line, and saw my salmon as he 
jumped clear of the water and rushed at railroad speed 
toward the upper end of the pool. 
I have heard frequent mention made of what is com- 
monly called "buck fever," but I never was afflicted with 
that malady, the first deer I ever shot having been 
dropped with as little concern as would be the cutting 
down of a snipe or a woodcock; but the feeling with 
which I lifted my rod and prepared to do battle with my 
gamy antagonist, the tremor that I first experienced was 
undoubtedly very similar to the fever I have named; but 
a few words from my guide cautioning me to hold my 
rod well up and handle the fish with the reel, brought me 
GRAND FALLS AND FALLS POOL ON NEPISIQUIT RIVER, N. B. 
From "With Fly-Rod and Camera." 
it. Our canoemen were four in number, two of them 
being French-Canadians, the third a Scotchman, and the 
fourth a genuine New Brunswicker ; they were all small- 
sized men, neither of them exceeding five feet four inches 
in height, but they were adepts in the use of the paddle and 
setting pole. „ , 
The two French guides with their canoe were allotted 
to me, and the others, of course, were at the service of 
my friend. The canoes were launched and packed as 
quickly as possible, and we started off at once for our 
first tenting place, which was to be at the famous Pabi- 
neau Falls. This was reached an hour or so before 
sunset, and before darkness had set in our tent had been 
raised, beds prepared, and supper had been cooked and 
eateH. . , , j- 1 
My first night w^ as is usual with me, a wakeful one, 
for I do not quickly become accustomed to the sounds 
of the woods. The water churning and rushing over the 
rocks df the falls, however, sang an ever-to-be-remem - 
h&ted lullaby, and to its music I finally fell asleep. 
We were astir bright and early on the following morn- 
itig, and while two of the guides prepared our breakfast, 
my friend and I, accompanied by the other two canoemen, 
imdt our way out on the rdcks near the pool below the 
fallt and began casting. This pool has been, and is now, 
so fer as I know, one of the most famous salmon pools 
in the Dominion. 1 have seen in its sparkling waters, I 
venture to say, two or three hundred good sized salrnon 
at one time; they formed an almost com;pact mass, rising 
and falling simultaneously, and moving m various ways, 
as if actuated by a single impulse. . 
My rod oil that occasion was a heavy greenheart; it 
■was spliced at its joints, and was a eerviceable tool, ex- 
cept that it had a kick in it which was very trying to my 
back, and which on one or two occasions _ had nearly 
thrown me out of my canoe as I was casting from it, 
standing. 
My friend took a position well up. toward the head of 
the pool, while I chose a point near the tail or foot- of it. 
Directed by W guide I dropped my fly here and there 
at points whiph he t^nsidered most likely to obtain a rise, 
but I failed to meet a response to my effarts. Be it re- 
psembered I hall never Wftfer'p fished tor salmon, waf 
to my senses, and I was soon playing the salmon with 
all the steadiness of nerve that a veteran angler could 
possess. 
The fish put up a magnificent fight which tested my 
tackle to the utmost ; fortunately I had a long line, about 
a hundred and twenty-five yards being packed on my 
large old-fashioned click reel, for the fish seemed to be 
determined to be all over the pool at once, and in his 
turns and runs the line was often taken out twenty or 
thirty yards at a time. 
The fish wore the silvery coat of a fresh run salmon 
from the ocean, and the strength and activity he dis- 
played I shall never forget. 
Now and then he dove to the bottom of the pool, 
where, in moving about, he drew the line sharply across 
the bellies of other denizens of the water, causing them 
to leap high in the air in their fright. On one occasion 
there were three or four of these leaping salmon in addi- 
tion to my own, and it was a puzzle to determine which 
of them was the fish to which I was fast. 
The struggle had lasted nearly a quarter of an hour 
before the salmon showed signs of exhaustion, but when 
he began to yield he yielded gracefully, and after a few 
more struggles, which grew more and more feeble, he 
permitted himself to be drawn close to the rock on which 
my guide was awaiting him, gaff in hand, and a vigorous 
thrust brought the exhausted fish safely up on, the ledge 
where I was standing; a couple of smart raps on the 
head quieted him, and I then was enabled to inspect the 
prize that I had succeeded in winning; it was a fish of 
goodly proportions and symmetrical form, and it regis- 
tered with the scales a good 15 pounds. 
At this juncture I was joined by my friend, whose 
guide was carrying a salmon that had fallen to his rod, 
which was of about the same size as the one I had killed. 
"It's a handsome pair," exclaimed my friend, "and 
both just up from the sea; it's a mighty good, showing 
to rriake before breakfast and th,e sun hardly up." 
We remained at Pabineau Faljs a couple of days, meet- 
ing with satisfactory success, considering the character of 
the water, which was rather low and clear ; we then 
packe4 otir tent and otli^r dunnage in the canoes and 
cruise4 vt|5 ^nd do\vn the river, fishing seye3?fil of the 
pools, such as the Middle Landing, Rough Waters, etc., 
and finally found a tenting place just below the Grand 
Falls which is the highest on the river to which the sal- 
mon ascend. 
_ Charles Hallock, in describing these falls, says : "The 
river is here much contracted, and the banks are rocky 
and perpendicular. The total height of the falls is one 
hundred and forty feet. There are four separate leaps, 
but only the two lowest are visible below. At the foot 
of each are deep basins, and below them for about a mile 
a number of gloomy pools and rapids which seethe with 
perpetual foam and chafe with deafening roar. And the 
constantly rising spray keeps ever fresh with a vivid 
green the foliage that crowns the impinging cliffs. Birds 
congregate here in the summer heat, and luxuriate in the 
coolness of the spray and verdure." 
We had good success during our three days' stay at 
this point, a good half dozen salmon and a few grilse fall- 
ing to our lines ; we might have taken more fish, although 
the water was not in the very best condition, but we 
killed all we could use ; we had all we wanted, and 
"enough is as good as a feast," as the old saying is. 
And when we entered our canoes for the home re- 
turning we voted that the outing had been a success in 
every particular. 
At the Rough Waters, as I was casting in a desultory 
way, I rose and hooked two miniature salmon ; they were 
bright little fellows of from eight to ten inches in length ; 
] recognized them at once as smolt or young salmon, but 
my friend, on examining them later, pronounced them to_ 
be graylings, and declared that they were not only gray-' 
lings, but identically the same fish that was abundant in 
Loch Lomand near St. John. I told him that so far as 
I knew, the true grayling was not to be found in any 
New Brunswick waters. He was firm in his opinion, 
however, notwithstanding all my efforts to explain how 
and why the fish before us were young salmon. 
_ .Since that time I have been able to prove very conclu- 
sively that the grayling known to the anglers of the lower 
Provinces is not a grayling, but is either a young sea- 
salmon or a small landlocked salmon. 
A few years ago, as I was in Scribner's tackle store m 
St. John, I had an opportunity for examining a creel of 
the fish that they there called the grayling, but which 
were really small "landlocks." A few days later I visited 
Loch Lomand and took a few of the so-called grayling, 
and they were, like the others, small "landlocked." Li 
the pamphlet published by the Intercolonial Railway 
describing the fishing and hunting regions of the 
Provinces, mention is made of the occurrence of the gray- 
Img near Truro, N. S., as follows : 
"In the Salmon River fish known as grayling are 
caught in large quantities. Some allege that this fish is 
a trout, and others that it is a young salmon. Whatever 
it may be, it is a lively fish under the rod. It ranges from 
two to six pounds in weight." 
Since this pamphlet was published, I have visited the 
river above named, and have taken a number of the fish ; 
of course, they were not grayling, but were very respect- 
able sized and lively grilse, though I did not get one any- 
where near six pounds in weight. Provincial anglers also 
have had a good deal to say about the splendid grayling 
fishing in Folly Lake, a few miles from Truro. I have 
also visited that lake, and taken some of those graylings, 
but they proved to be my old darlings, the landlocked 
salmon. 
Very Heavy Roe Shad ffom Georgia, 
Washington, D. C, Feb. 16. — Shad of unheard of size 
are arriving from Georgia (so the market men state). 
One fish dealer received a consignment of 700, of which 
fully one-half were roe shad weighing 12 to 15 pounds 
each. Single specimens as heavy as 14 pounds have been 
of infrequent record hitherto, and Georgia fish not largely 
in evidence compared with half a dozen other States. 
Has the cold weather north of Cape Hatteras kept them 
back to fatten and enlarge? One old shad fisherman of 
fifty years' experience on the Potomac says that if the 
river could remain ice-locked until the middle of March, 
"shad will be so plenty that boys can snag them out with 
hook and line." I hope the fish commissioners will in- 
vestigate. C. H. 
Rifssian Wolfhotjnd CI«b. 
New York^ Feb. 16. — The Russian Wolfhound Club of 
America was formally organized on Wednesday, Febru- 
ary 10. Constitution and standard were adopted, and offi- 
cers elected as follows : President, Edward L. Kraus ; 
Vice-President, John G. Kent; Secretary-Treasurer, 
Joseph 3. Thomas, Jr. Executive Committee — James 
Mortimer, Dr. J. E. De Mund, E. M. Lockwood, George 
Ronsse, Jos. B. Thomas, Jr. Dr. J. E. De Mund was 
elected delegate to A. K. C. 
The club organized with fifty charter members. Dues 
were fixed at $5 per annum, with an initiation fee of $5. 
Special prizes will be offered at the various shows, and 
every effort made to advance the interests of the Russian 
wolfhound. 
(Signed) Joseph B. Thomas, Jr., 
Secretary-Treasurer. 
Death of Glen Monarch* 
A COMMUNICATION, Under date of Feb. 17, from Dream- 
V7o\d, the farm of Mr. Thos. W. Lawson, Scituate, Mass., 
recounts a great loss as follows : 
Our American champion bulldog. Glen Monarch, was 
shipped from the New York Show on Sunday in perfect 
condition, but, on the arrival of the train at Dreamwold, 
he was found dead in his box. Glen Monarch was bred 
by Mr.' W. C. Codman, of Providence, R. I., from whom 
we purchased him for $2,500. He was the most famous 
American-bred English bulldog of the day. 
The Game Laws in Brief. 
is the standard authority of fish and game laws of the United 
States and Caiiada. It tells everything and gives it correctly. 
Sei in advertising pages list of some of the dealers who handl§ 
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