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ng very quickly and will be looking for food 
/ithin a few hours. They are sure to live and 
ive results within an astonishingly short time, 
'red Mather evidently foresaw the coming of 
hanged conditions when he introduced Salmo 
\ario into this country, and who that knows will 
eny his assertion that it is “the gamiest trout 
ver taken with a rod.” Harry Chase, 
County Warden. 
L , 4 
J. Milford, N. S., June 11. — Editor Forest and 
Stream: Accept the Salmo fario as a substitute 
; or our peerless fontinalis in waters ruined for 
the better fish by the lumbermen and pulp mil- 
prs? Yes, of course, with a feeling of mixed 
j egret and satisfaction that the substitute is not 
■ /orse. But why this over-laudation of the fario 
| .t the expense of his superior? It is possible 
j Siat in our somewhat colder waters the brown 
! rout is livelier than in Europe, but I cannot un- 
erstand how any angler who has, like myself, 
aken them in England, can allow for a moment 
j hat they are as gamy or as beautiful as our 
wn char; the exact opposite is the case. As 
I or any fario that leaps a foot above the water 
! > seize the fly and is “almost as quick and ener- 
! etic as a grilse or ouananiche,” as the one de- 
jcribed by Mr. Samuels was, I can only say, in 
re light of many years’ experience of the brown 
L-fOUt and also of fishing in the very waters in 
| 'hich Mr. Samuels got his fish, that there must 
j e a grave mistake somewhere. The brown 
| 'out in England is a logy fellow compared with 
; ontinalis, and is far more apt to suck the fly 
1 while hardly showing an inch of his anatomy, 
have never seen nor heard of a brown trout 
r even a hybrid within ten miles; yes, thirty, 
f Lake Kedgeemakoogee, nor have I ever heard 
,f any plantings of brown trout in those waters. 
Edward Breck. 
New England Angling and Anglers. 
I 
! Boston, June 15. — Editor Forest and Stream: 
I’he Square Lake waters in northern Maine 
; re affording wonderfully good fishing to many 
| nglers. Nearly everybody has been blessed with 
j ood luck. One man landed an 8 J 4 pound square- 
i lil. The fish was played on light tackle, meas- 
red just 25 inches, and it took a little over one 
j our to kill him. The capture of a speckled 
| ‘out of this weight reminds one of the old days 
II the Upper Dam. The chain of lakes, of which 
quare Lake forms an important member, is as 
|trge or larger than the Rangeley system, and 
i Lken as a whole give much better fishing. Of 
J >urse they are not SO' accessible, but once there 
j te camp accommodations are good and the en- 
! ironment is far more primeval. A valuable 
j ;set to these lakes lies in the fact that August 
, rovides good fly-fishing. This is unusual in the 
I her large waters of the State and lengthens the 
;ason very much. No' doubt it is due to loca- 
on, the lakes being so far north that the water 
mains colder than it does further south. 
Messrs. J. S. P. Alcott, of Boston, and Her- 
;rt Wells, of Southboro, left on June T3 for a 
eek’s trip to the Belgrade Lakes. They are 
1st in time to get the cream of the fly-fishing 
ir small-mouth bass and not too late for the 
est trolling for squaretails. 
W. E. C. Goudjq of Boston, has just returned 
om the Kemptville region in Nova Scotia. He 
J iports excellent fishing. He was accompanied 
/ a friend and the two landed 130 trout in 
} venty-one hours. 
Frank R. Sewell, of Boston, has just returned 
om the Belgrade Lakes. It was his good for- 
ne to arrive there just as warm weather started 
j when the fly-fishing for small-mouth bass is 
I its best. As a result he landed a large num- 
hr of fish, having most of his sport over the 
I loals of the upper end of Great Pond. At one 
! 1st he hooked and landed three fish. As is 
| lite usual with many of the fly-fishermen at 
elgrade, nearly all of Mr. Sewell’s catch were 
durned to the water. 
Mr. A. A. Greene, of Providence, passed 
! rough Boston on June 15 bound for home 
j om a two weeks’ trip to the Grand Lake coun- 
l y in Maine. Stopping at the stream only for 
/o days he went north to the Lower Dobsis 
ake where he had nearly all of his fishing. He 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
PATCHING THE CANOE AFTER A CAPSIZE IN THE RAPIDS OF THE BOW RIVER, CALGARY, CANADA. 
From a picture made during a fishing trip of ninety miles from Morley to Calgary, by P. Barton. 
states that his catch averaged from twenty to 
thirty salmon a day. Quite a number of his fish 
ran up to 4V2 pounds, which is considerably 
heavier than the Grand Lake average. This was 
Mr. Greene’s first fishing trip to eastern Maine 
and he returns well pleased. Hackle. 
The Anglers’ Club Contests. 
The first contest in the series of club events, 
arranged by the tournament committee of the 
Anglers’ Club of New York, to be held on the 
second and fourth Wednesdays in each month, 
was held June 12 on The Pool, in Central Park. 
This was open to active members only, five- 
ounce rods, with handicaps in accordance with 
each contestant’s record. Rods fitted with metal 
reel seats can weigh 5 Y\ ounces under the 
rule which allows $4 ounce for a solid metal 
reel seat, and there is no restriction on the length 
of rod or on the line, but the leader cannot ex¬ 
ceed the length of the rod more than two feet. 
Five minutes time was allowed each man, with¬ 
out deductions for lost flies. 
Mr. John L. Kirk won the cup with a score 
of 8 8 j /2 feet, his allowance included, while Ed¬ 
ward B. Rice won second and V. R. Grimwood 
third prize. Because of the wind, which blew 
across the little lake from left to right when the 
contestants faced the east, the measuring line 
was stretched toward the west, making it diffi- 
cult to see with the 
sun in one’s eyes. 
The 
wind was unfavorable, 
too. The 
results : 
Allowance, 
Score, 
Total, 
Feet. 
Feet. 
Feet. 
John L. Kirk. 
. -IV 2 
84 
ssy 2 
Edward B. Rice. 
. 8 
79 
87 
Victor R. Grimwood. 
. 7 
77 
84 
R. T. Held. 
2 
79 
81 
George M. L. La Branche 
. 0 
80 
80 
Perry D. Frazer. 
. 4 
73 
77 
The judges were E. H. Myers and W. Geety; 
referee, M. J. Echeverria. 
The next contest will be held June 26 at the 
same place and under the same conditions. Bait¬ 
casting events will be held in July. 
Knots for Trout Leaders. 
Editor Forest and Stream: 
Will some one of your readers inform me how 
the knots are tied in the single gut leaders sold 
by the fishing tackle houses ? I refer to the so- 
called professional knots found in stock leaders, 
in which the greatest diameter is in the middle 
of the knot, while the ends protrude between 
tbe coils of the knot, at right angles to rather 
than parallel with the leader. 
I can tie a half-dozen single and double knots, 
all possessing some merit, but have never mas¬ 
tered this one, although I have tried to puzzle it 
out by untying knots in leaders. Nor have I 
ever seen an illustration of the method of tying 
this knot. K. D. J. 
