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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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ed,and they will only rise at early morn and dewy eve. Beyond the brook is the beautiful Margaree River,the Plaster Pool being only about half a mile from thehouse. This river is unique in the Provinces, for it flowsfor upward of thirty miles through meadows and culti-vated farms, and every pool in this long stretch may bereached easily and almost dry-shod. Below and above the settlement there are some ofthe finest salmon pools imaginable, -at least a dozen beingwithin six miles. In all of these magnificent pools seatrout of great size and gaminess are abundant, and inthe right season salmon also; but it is almost useless tofish the river for salmon if the water is low and clear,for the net and spear quickly take out all the fish thathave run in, and the fly-fisherman has his labor for hispains. If there is a good fall of rain so as to raise andcolor the water of the river, thereby rendering spearingimpracticable, the fresh run of salmon fills the pools andthe fishino- is maonificent.
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276 IVith Fly-Rod and Cam em. A good plan is to write to Mr. Ross requesting- himto telegraph you in July or August when there is a heavyrainfall, and start at once as soon as his dispatch is re-ceived. I know of no other river that can be fished for sucha distance with as little effort from the angler, and thebeauty of it all is there are hardly any black flies or mos-quitoes to annoy one. Of course, up the river, amongthe barrens and in the mountains, twenty miles or so,there will be flies, and savage ones, too, but in the opencountry below through which the river takes its course,no annoyance from the usual pests is experienced. One can pass two or three weeks very pleasantlyand profitably at Northeast Margaree. The scenery ischarming — in many places picturesque — and it is oftengrand. Forest-topped and green mountains environ thesettlement completely. Lovely vistas of meadows and elm-studded valleys stretch away in all directions. Beautifuldrives on eood roads are available,

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