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FOREST AND STREAM 
run from one-half pound to over four pounds in 
weight. These fish rise to the artificial fly 
throughout the entire summer. We secured a 
number of films of the fishing in both the lakes 
and river, pictures which even without the whir 
of the reel show the fighting qualities of these 
gamey fish. 
At the commencement of the fall season these 
fish run up the river and congregate at the 
spawning beds, located in the shallow deadwaters 
a 1 the foot of the lakes. Here they remain dur¬ 
ing the spawning season which lasts until the 
forming of the first ice. The fish then go in to 
the deeper waters of the lakes proper, there to 
remain until the breaking up of the ice in the 
spring. 
'With the going out of the ice, the season’s fly¬ 
fishing commences. And with the advance of 
the warm weather, the larger fish leave the lakes 
and again run downstream, apparently for the 
love of the battle with the swift water. As the 
high water of this early season gradually sub¬ 
sides, these fish gather in the deeper pools. Dur¬ 
ing the later summer months the fly-fishing in 
these pools is superb, offering to the angler who 
is fortunate enough to cast his fly over these 
wild waters, some wonderful trials of skill in 
combat with the gamey warriors. 
The smaller trout, running to about a pound 
in weight, remain in the lakes during the entire 
year. No matter what the weather may be on 
any afternoon of the warm months, at a spot 
known as “The Run,” where the water from the 
First Bathurst Lake flows between two tree-cov¬ 
ered points, into the Second lake, the fly-fishing 
for these trout is something long to be remem¬ 
bered. At this spot an angler may rig up his 
cast with as many flies as he see fit and by skill¬ 
ful handling and by allowing the fish as hooked 
to play in the water, he may secure at one cast, 
a trout to every fly upon his leader. 
It is indeed impossible to bring to 'net but one 
trout at a time unless the single fish is immedi¬ 
ately reeled in as soon as securely hooked. This 
may seem as somewhat of a broad statement to 
those anglers who have been limited to the trout 
of our more civilized and over-whipped streams. 
But to those who have cast their flies over the 
wilder waters of our northern forests, the state¬ 
ment will be no exaggeration. One of our pic¬ 
tures shows plainly the landing of three trout at 
a single cast. 
The early season during which our trip was 
planned gave us an opportunity to secure films 
of the young of the various animals and birds 
encountered, which it would have been impos¬ 
sible to obtain during the later months. Thus, 
we secured pictures of bear cubs, calf moose, 
young deer, grouse and wild ducks. 
Photographing wild life differs from ordinary 
motion picture photography, for the reason that 
animals are not always ready nor willing to pose 
for the camera. On days when the light is good 
not an animal may appear, but on dark days or 
late in the day they may be seen in abundance. 
Hie click of the present-day motion picture 
camera also handicaps the taking of wild animal 
pictures, since it is an unusual noise, always 
bound to frighten the game to a great or less 
extent. 
Although the photographing of moose was the 
main object of our trip, we found that good 
films of deer were even more difficult to secure, 
because of the greater shyness. 
Moose we filmed under every and all condi¬ 
tions—bulls, cows and young calves of the pre¬ 
sent year’s birth. The climax along this line 
was reached by filming three attempts to 
ride a moose, the last two being successful. In 
the last attempt the moose, a powerful four- 
year-old, carried the rider from the canoe to the 
shore, a hasty dismount being made at the edge 
of the woods as the moose broke into the forest. 
The camera man calmly cranked away during the 
entire proceeding. 
We had much difficulty in securing a close-up 
picture of deer until discovering deep within the 
forest a cold spring-hole at which numbers of 
the animals came daily to drink. By careful 
manipulation of the camera and long hours of 
waiting, we secured at this point films of some 
thirty deer, catching six at one time in the 
spring-hole. 
Two bear cubs about three weeks old were 
among the more interesting of the bear pictures 
secured. These cubs were photographed, after 
being captured by felling two large spruce trees, 
up which they had endeavored to escape upon 
being discovered near the trail. The little fellows 
refused to pose for the camera without being 
held in position, the result of such holding 
being shown not alone in the films, but by a torn 
flannel shirt and scratched and bitten hands. 
Together with our collection of game pictures 
we secured many scenes of the lakes, rivers and 
forest, mountain views of the wildest beauty, 
canoes shooting the most formidable rapids and 
rare scenes of camp life, including the building, 
without the use of a nail, of a complete log 
cabin. We also filmed a demonstration of the 
old Indian method of fire-making by friction. 
The success of our pictures is largely due to 
the expert work of the man behind the camera, 
Mr. Leonard Gelezio of New York. The excel¬ 
lence of his work with the camera can only be 
appreciated by seeing the finished pictures on 
the screen. 
A word as to the enjoyment to be obtained 
from the use of a motion picture camera in pur¬ 
suit of big game. After more than twenty years 
spent in the north woods with either fly-rod or 
gun, this present trip with the camera exceeds 
them all for pure enjoyment. The actual hunt 
for the various species of game and the final 
securing of the film trophy, gives a greater satis¬ 
faction and a far larger field for sport, than the 
actual hunting with a gun. And for the camera, 
there is no closed season nor limit to the number 
of trophies to be secured. 
A few incidents of our trip may well serve 
to illustrate definitely the enjoyment to be ob¬ 
tained in the securing of film trophies of wild 
life. 
Two cub bears photographed were first sighted 
as they ran like squirrels, up two large spruce 
trees near the trail never stopping in their climb 
until they had reached the thickest part of the 
growth at the very top of the trees. There being 
no way to get at the cubs without felling the 
trees, we promptly set to work with the axe, one 
man at the base of the tree while the rest of the 
party stationed themselves in a semi-circle about 
the spot where the tree was to strike the ground. 
Probably the cubs during their short three weeks 
of babyhood had never experienced such a ride 
through the air as came to them with the falling 
of the trees. The shock of the tree striking the 
ground was softened by the thick growth of 
branches, the cubs coming unharmed through the 
ordeal, and never even loosening their hold upon 
