The Salmon 



fined in tanks succeeded in jumping out, whilst others merely swam 

 round and round as if seeking for an exit. Should such be made in a 

 pond, or even in a large loch, 

 smolts would quickly find it out 

 and make their way seawards. 



After a parr becomes a smolt 

 it never loses its silvery scales 

 again. All those I have ever 

 caught were like a bar of silver 

 both in summer and in winter. 

 During April and May they rise 

 freely to fly, but after this they 

 begin to become bottom-feeders. 

 When hooked with fly they 

 give good sport, cutting through 

 the water like a knife, and 

 then jumping several times out 

 of it. 



SALMON FEEDING IN FRESH 

 WATER 



A great deal of nonsense 

 has been talked about salmon 

 feeding in fresh water. I have 

 had ample opportunity of watch- 

 ing salmon all my life, from 

 the time they enter fresh water 

 till their return to the sea, 

 and I have given close atten- 

 tion to the subject, and have 

 no hesitation in stating that 

 during the salmon's sojourn in fresh water it does not require to feed. 

 It does seem strange, of course, that a fish coming up a river in 



