With Rod and Gun in New England and the Maritime Provinces; With Valuble Supplementary Chapters ... (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1897 Excerpt: ...fifty-six pounds. It was killed on what is known as the " Stanley water," owned by Col. Sandeman. This was the closing day of the season on the Tay, and His Grace must have felt that he made a grand wind-up, for it is rare that so heavy a salmon is killed on a fly. The largest fish ever taken on a fly in Canadian waters, so far as recorded, was killed some years ago by Mr. R. G. Dunn, while fishing on the pool known as " The "Salmon Hole," on the Grand Cascapedia river, P. Q. It is well known that this famous river, although not a large one, yields very heavy fish. In a good season they have averaged as high as twentynine and one-half pounds. Probably no other river in Canada can equal it in this respect. The writer had an experience on the Grand Cascapedia several years ago, which will never be forgotten. It was early in July, the water was somewhat low and very clear. Thinking it was a good opportunity to try fishing with finer tackle, on the principle that " the finer you fish, the more rises you will get," a fourteen-feet split-bamboo Leonard rod, weighing twenty ounces, was rigged up with fifty yards of trout line, spliced to the salmon line and reeled into place, there being plenty of room for it, because a salmon reel is seldom entirely filled with line, for reasons well known to all salmon fishermen, and to this a twelve-feet leader of salmon gut, finer than usual, was attached, and a No. 6 fly. This made a fine light cast and one not calculated to frighten the fish in clear water. The next morning it fell to the writer's lot to fish the Rock pool, and, after fishing a few drops without a rise, the critical "lie spot" was reached, where something would happen if any success was to be met with at this time...