TRO T @.. FOR STOCKING EAA KES? ands ST ReE AMS Sizes 6, 7-inches and up AVAILABLE Also NOW 3 to 5-inch fingerlings in season. Write for price list. Louis J. Lacoste, President. HAoucaster TROUT by quite FARMS _ LIMITED Quebec blazed high trees. in the The sun heavens, was it was now hot in the dense forest, there was no breeze, yet the deer flies were so active that we chose to keep well covered their attacks. bucketfuls. As a rather result, than we | suffer sweated in At times we passed alongside a brawling brook of fair size, with here and there deep pools that lay beside great boulders, and deep water running beneath the rock. I could almost smell trout in those deep hiding places, and I itched. to stop and give it a try. But no one wanted to stop, we were headed for Lake Donat. And our guide did not even know whether there were trout in it. Imagine a brook like that one that had perhaps never been fished —and having to pass it by! It was a great relief when Lake Donat came in sight. Once out on the lake, our )ON © aa BETTER FRED W. WATSON - 34 De Forest Ro., Toronto 3, CANapa SUPPLIER TOOLS WRITE & MAATERIALS TODAY FOR For every FLY TYING FREE NEED CATALOGUE When answering advertisements please mention "ROD and GUN in CANADA". troubles vanished. we were able to lighten our clothing, a slight breeze comfortable. It lake, hemmed The flies disappeared, made things was a small, in by high much pretty and more little hills. on the lake. easy with INGLIS-Kalamazoo TACKLE Regent Line is over test In Nylon or Silk, this casting line is 10 to 20 per cent stronger We had gone only a few hundred yards, trolling a spinner a few feet below the surface, with a worm-baited hook behind, when we hooked our first fish, an eleven inch speckled beauty. A short and lively battle ended with his capture. As we soon discovered, Donat knew his stuff. The bites came regularly, almost anywhere | come Flies, than guaranteed ‘ test. Comes in two \ connected 50-yard spools. $1.45 to $2.70 per spool. In the new transparent plastic box that you can use for hooks and sinkers. These Baits bring in the fish worms and spinners were all effective. At times, four or five trout would follow a hooked fish up to the surface as it struggled, curious to see what all the fuss was about. SLIM They were all much of a _ size—ten to twelve inches in length. They knew nothing and at all of Solunar Tables, midday lulls, or any other fishing lore, for they bit en- MIDGET SPINNER thusiastically at any cloudless July day. time of that hot and And I finally figured out the reason. We were. at a high altitude, and the lake was undoubtedly spring-fed, with cool waters even near the surface in summer. The PENN “LONG BEACH” SETS NEW WORLD RECORD for WHITE SEA BASS 75 Ibs., 6 oz. CAUGHT MARCH 21, 1950 ROBERT M. BIGN SAN CLEMENTE, CALIF. (USE COUPON PENN BY FOR FREE CATALOG) REELS, DEPT. J-7 trout did not need to retire to pike. is an old stand-by for 334” body, 3/5 oz. weight. _ $1.40 A Tricky underwater spinner with 3X treble hooks. A real lure for game fish. 17%” body, 1% oz. weight. $1.35. Also: Grumpy, Dopey, Frogeye, Mouse. the depths. Further, even back-country trout like these were subject to the same biological laws, and there were just too darned many trout for the amount of food in the lake. That accounted for their uniformly rather small size (for a newly discovered: lake) and their perpetual hunger. Designed by Inglis to fit fishermen’s requirements. 17” long, 4 Ibs. weight, it’s made of high quality steel. Two cantilever trays, lined to protect your lures. $12.95 We were probably doing a good turn by cutting down the population and giving the others a chance to grow. But we stopped short at fifty-four, even though there was still time to take more and the liberal Quebec laws permitted a take of forty apiece—eighty for the two of us. But we had all we needed for eating purposes. Donat’s little lake had more than lived up to his glowing description, and we were pretty happy as we hit the trail back. There PHILADELPHIA 32. PA. JIM every tackle box. It runs deep for bass were several miles of rough trail ahead— but who cared, with a mess of good Laurentian ROD AND: GUN®In Canada — July: 1950 trout in the bag? | | | | | | | | J Sporting Goods Department RG-9 JOHN INGLIS CO. LIMITED, Toronto, Ontario. Please send me your free catalogue giving complete information on Inglis-Kalamazoo fishing tackle. Name Address City Te a ss ee a a coe ee a 25