FORESr, LAKE, AND RIVER 



when one is fortunate enough to arrive on the river 

 and find the conditions all favorable and plenty of 

 fish, there is no better or more fascinating sport. 



The salmon is a noble fish, and his ways are 

 peculiar to himself. When he rises to a fly, he 

 usually makes the water boil, and at times makes a 

 great splash. The impulse of the inexperienced 

 salmon angler is to strike, the same as in trout 

 fishing ; but this is about the worst thing he can 

 do. When the salmon misses the fly, which it 

 frequently does in swift water, the fly should be 

 left right where it is, as it is a salmon habit to 

 return and try to take it again. They will some- 

 times return a second and a third time, and eventu- 

 ally get well hooked. This is considered an artistic 

 point in salmon fishing. It answers that oft-re- 

 peated question of the amateur, " What do you do 

 when a salmon rises to your fly ? " He finds that 

 an experienced fisherman keeps calm and lets his 

 fly quietly float an inch or so below the surface, 

 with the rod held still or nearly so. This is not 

 such an easy thing to do as it seems to be on paper, 

 as the situation is an exciting one, and the tempta- 

 tion is to do the wrong thing. The man who is 

 experienced in trout fishing is likely to make his 

 first bad break at this time. It requires trained 

 nerves and a level head to restrain the natural im- 



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