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Title: With fly-rod and camera
Year: 1890 (1890s)
Authors: Samuels, Edward A. (Edward Augustus), 1836-1908
Subjects: Fishing Fishing
Publisher: New York, Forest and Stream Pub. Co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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the fun to begin, and never in all my fishing experiencehad I seen anything like it— Salmon to right of us,Salmon to left of us, and salmon all around us, leaping into the air in everydirection. We were now very near the inlet of the riverat the head of the lake, and just by a gravelly pointthat made out into the water; and here the fish hadcongregated, there being a deep hole off the point intowhich the cold water from the stream above settled. Sometimes a grilse or salmon would leap so nearthe boat as to make us think that it was coming aboard,and I actually caught myself striking at one with my rodwhile it was in the air near me, and even steady, sedateold Tom made a pass at another with the gaff, so nearus did the fish leap. Well, of course, it was pretty ex-citing watching the salmon jumping all around us. Somewere fresh-run and bright; others had grown dark-colored,showing that they had been in the fresh water some time.Indian River is one of the earliest in the Provinces, the
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2i6 IVith Fly-Rod and Camera. salmon ascending the stream and taking the fly as earlyas the latter part of February; some of the old brownfellows that we saw were undoubtedly among- the earliestones to run in. After a while the leaping and splashing ceased, andthen I began casting again, and I kept it up off and on,here and there, all day; but, although I tried every va-riety of flies, and fished almost as many ways, not a risedid I gret. Tom, said I, as we ate our dinner in the shadeof a grove of maples near the rapids above the inlet,what shall we do; I dislike very much to give up try-ing to rise one of those fish, but they are decidedly con-trary. Con-tra-ry they be, and aggrawatin, too, said Tomin reply, .but if we had a phantom minnow, one of thesoft, light, elastic ones, we might make them sing a dif-ferent song. What! I exclaimed, will they take a phantomminnow ? I know that it is used on the other side ofthe water, but I never heard of a salmon taking- one inAmerica. Oh, yes,

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