SALMON FISHING IN EASTERN CANADA. 
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with large means, soon overbid the natives of the country when a river 
is put up to auction. 
The Bestigouche , which is perhaps the queen of all the Canadian 
salmon rivers, belongs to a club of American gentlemen, most of whom 
are millionaires. They have a charming club house at Metapedia and 
get very fine sport. 
There is a nest of good salmon rivers in the Gaspe Peninsula, Th ^ e 8iJ / u 
which is on the southern side of the river St. Lawrence, in the Peninsula. 
Province of Quebec. These rivers flow from the watershed of the 
peninsula and in a southerly and easterly direction into the Bay of 
Chaleurs. The principal ones are the Metapedia , Gascopedia , Bona - 
venture , Malbaie and Magdalene. New Brunswick also possesses some New Bruns- 
good rivers, which flow eastwards, viz., the Miramichi ) Nepisiguit , wiek * 
Jacquet and many others. 
Good salmon fishing can also be got in Nova Scotia from Halifax Nova Scotia 
and fair sport in Newfoundland, where the fish are small as a rule. foundiand] 
It is hardly necessary to describe the route from England, but we Route, 
cannot do wrong in taking any steamer bound for Canada. The 
Dominion, Allan and Beaver lines will take you to Montreal and all 
the mail boats stop at Rimouski, which is a station on the south bank 
of the St. Lawrence, near the mouth. Here the mails are taken off and 
you enter a train on the Inter-Colonial Railway, which will convey you 
to Metapedia or Dalhousie Junction, if you are bound for the Gaspe 
Peninsula, or will put you down at almost any of the rivers in New 
Brunswick,, which run into the Gulf of St. Lawrence or, if necessary, 
carry you on to St. Johns or Halifax. 
Salmon fishing with fly ends on August 15th and in the leased rivers Pe f ^hi^ for 
it generally begins about 15th June. The best time about appears to 
be 15th June to end of July. After that the salmon seem to get sulky, 
so many of them have been worked or pricked that they get shy and 
it is hard to get them to rise. Still with a party of four anglers it is 
almost unknown on the river I was on to have a blank day all round. 
A fortnight’s fishing early in the season will generally give an 
average of 30 fish per rod if not more. 
For a fishing excursion, such as I am alluding to, the outfit is simple Tackle, etc. 
enough. A man should have two rods, one a greenheart 18-foot Rod * 
salmon fly rod with a spare tip or two, and a grilse rod. I killed fish 
on my 15-foot grilse rod up to 23 lb. in weight, but it was too great a 
strain on it and eventually it broke. Moreover, to work a lively fish 
in rapid water he wants a lot of the “ butt,” and an 18-foot rod 
comes in useful. 
A good gaff with a long handle is essential, and if possible the gaff naff, 
should not be screwed into the handle, as it is apt to unscrew when in 
the fish and to add greatly to the size of the hole made by the gaff. 
When a fish is gaffed from the canoe the handle often requires to be 
very long. Salmon landing nets do not appear to be used much, but 
I can’t help thinking that a good strong net, if not too large, would 
