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head four or five times just back of the eyes, 
and when I unwound it the eyes assumed their 
normal position. This was a brown trout, long 
and thin. 
We found another trout in this stream, the 
identity of which we could not make out. The 
shape of the trout was that of a brown, with 
long, slim head and large mouth, but the color¬ 
ing was almost identical with that of a rain¬ 
bow, varying, however, in some details, having 
traces of gray along the belly and being gen¬ 
erally darker and more vivid. We caught but 
three or four, and at first mistook them for 
rainbows. Edward B. Rice. 
[Although the term “hopping”—as applied to 
Depleted Salmon Rivers Restored. 
Quebec, Can., March 20. — Editor Forest and 
Stream: While the advantages of establishing 
fish hatcheries on salmon rivers is well known, 
the benefits derived from transplanting salmon 
fry, even from far distant hatcheries, is not so 
widely recognized. 
The history of the Jacques Cartier, which is 
the furthest from the sea now frequented by 
Atlantic salmon, which ascend the St. Law¬ 
rence, proves these benefits conclusively. The 
river Jacques Cartier is twenty-seven miles west 
of Quebec City and about sixty miles above 
salt water. It is a large clear river, full of 
illegal, also advising the artificial propagation of 
salmon, to restore the fish to their former abund¬ 
ance. At this stage an ardent salmon angler of 
Quebec, the late J. K. Boswell, leased certain 
fishing rights from the Government at Dery’s 
Falls, and purchased two lots of adjoining land 
to enable him to protect the spawning fish. For 
want of adequate fishery law's he was unable to 
carry out this project, and after some years of 
discouraging effort he disposed of the property. 
The parties who purchased from Mr. Boswell 
also failed in protecting the fish. They were 
speared and netted in the lots below, and the 
river w'as practically depleted of fish. Event¬ 
ually laws were passed prohibiting these prac- 
INDEPENDENT AND ALTERNATE CASTING, A DAy’s CATCH AND SOME FAMOUS TROUT WATERS. 
trout that jump out of water or rise noisily to 
natural flies—is not commonly used in America, 
it is often employed in Scotland. Ewen M. Tod 
mentions hopping in his excellent book, “Wet- 
Fly Fishing.” In the chapter devoted to the 
fishing of fairly large streams he cautions the 
wet-fly fisher against letting his fly sink too 
deep when the trout are rising, and continues: 
“The w’et-fly fisherman who, under such cir¬ 
cumstances, still continues to sink his flies (and 
many do), forgets that his flies may actually 
be passing underneath the trout he is trying to 
lure, and nothing can be more absurd. Rapid 
casting with as short a line as can reach the 
trout, is the game to play in sluggish or dead 
water, when trout are fairly ‘on the hop,’ and 
indeed almost anywhere else.”— Editor.] 
All the dsh laws of the United States and 
Canada, revised to date and now in force, are 
given in the Game Laws in Brief. See adv. 
rapids, falls and pools particularly favorable to 
salmon. This river produced very large num¬ 
bers of fish until excessive netting and spearing 
on the spawning beds practically ruined it. 
Many years ago Dr. Henry, surgeon of a 
British regiment stationed at Quebec, writing 
on salmon fishing in the Jacques Cartier, said: 
"It abounds with pools, between Dery’s Falls 
and mouth of river, which are frequented by 
great numbers of salmon.” He reports taking 
five salmon in two hours one morning and three 
more in the evening in a pool which he named 
Remous aux Gros Saumons, situated about a 
mile below Dery’s Bridge, adding, “I have caught 
fifty to sixty salmon a week during the season, 
notwithstanding great numbers taken by netting 
and spearing on the spawning beds.” 
Some time later Richard Nettle, called the 
father of Canadian salmon culture, wrote of 
“the enormous numbers of salmon netted and 
speared in the Jacques Cartier,” and earnestly 
urged the Government to make such practices 
tices and a general interest in salmon rivers was 
once more revived. Some wealthy Montrealers 
then purchased the lease from Mr. Boswell’s 
successors. 
The new owners adopted measures to thor¬ 
oughly protect the fish in their waters. The 
land adjoining the old Boswell property, for 
about three miles down stream, was next pur¬ 
chased by a Quebec sportsman, who has also 
guarded his property carefully. Thus the river, 
where salmon may be had, is now well pro¬ 
tected. 
The results of this protection were somewhat 
encouraging, but seemed slow to the new pro¬ 
prietors. Then arrangements were made to 
stock the river heavily with young salmon trans¬ 
ferred from the Tadousac hatchery, 175 miles 
away. From 80,000 to 100,000 young fish have 
been placed in the river annually for some years, 
and this stocking is still being continued. The 
results have been most satisfactory, as the 
Jacques Cartier again abounds with this noble 
