FOREST, LAKE, AND RIVER 



in which the fish rest for a few days or, perhaps, a 

 week. The length of their stay in these pools is 

 probably regulated by the condition of the water 

 and the distance each fish has to travel before it 

 reaches its final destination, which, in the opinion 

 of the writer, is the gravel from which it emerged 

 from the egg itself. There appears to be no other 

 way to account for the fact that salmon spawn on 

 the grounds only a few miles above tide-head, up 

 to almost the very source of the rivers. 



Nearly all reaches of water on which there is a 

 possible chance to kill a salmon with a fly are now 

 either owned in fee simple, or leased to anglers. 

 The competition among anglers for good salmon 

 water, of recent years, has been intense, and, in 

 consequence, prices have reached a high level. 

 While the anglers for salmon are increasing year 

 by year, there is only just so much good fishing 

 water to be had, and the prospect now is for an 

 advance rather than a decline in the price of 

 salmon pools. 



The physical benefit accruing from this out-of- 

 door exercise is looked upon as of as much value 

 from one point of view as the rising and killing of 

 the fish is from another ; hence, as a body-building 

 sport, salmon fishing is winning favor among pro- 

 fessional gentlemen and men of means of sedentary 



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