SALMON 

 SUGGESTIONS 



THERE are so many good bits of in- 

 formation that in reality cannot be 

 taught save by actual practical instruc- 

 tion, that when I asked my good 

 friend and teacher, Mr. Albert French, the game 

 and fish warden at Calais, Maine, to tell me the 

 secret of his success with gafi^ and rod, he naturally 

 replied that the art of killing salmon with rod and 

 gaff could not be learned from books. But, for the 

 benefit of my readers, with his consent, perhaps 

 the attempt to describe certain phases of fishing 

 lore may be of value and interest. Mr. French's 

 experience of twenty years has been chiefly con- 

 fined to the pools on the St. Croix River at Calais, 

 the upper limits of which for part of the day are 

 flooded by tide-water that meets the barrier of 

 a dam. 



Writers on salmon fishing disagree widely on 

 tackle and methods, partially because the environ- 



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