I06 AMERICAN GAME FISHES. 



rising rapidly in a straight current line, and finally going out. 

 on the tops of the long glassy rollers at the tail of the main 

 eddy, into the white water of the main current, which carries 

 them back again to the other end of the reniou. 



A patch of broiie comes swirling along with a fish in it. 

 It requires a quick hand to put the fly where it will do 

 the most good. To a novice it is much like fishing "on the 

 wing," but practice shows where to expect the fish. The rod 

 swings and out goes the fly, which is allowed to sink a few 

 inches and is then drawn in with a succession of slow and short 

 jerks, not trailed on the surface. The fish, however, is now 

 five yards farther away, and on the other side of the canoe. 

 This constant change in length and direction of cast is one 

 of the main difficulties, as it is one of the excitements of 

 Wananishe-angling. 



But here come three together — ^'■un beau gang,'''' to use Jo- 

 seph's anglicism. The fly falls at the end of a straight line; 

 a momentary thrill follows a gentle pull; you strike with the 

 orthodox turn of the wrist, and then blank reaction; the drift 

 of the canoe or the insetting current has slackened the line, and 

 the fish has been missed. ^^C'est dounnagc, JSIonsieiir, vous 

 r avcz piqucey The fish evidently is piqued, in every sense of 

 the term, and will have no more of your flies. Another such 

 experience will make him a marked misanthrope all summer. 

 When you strike, if you strike at all, it must be hard, for 

 their mouths are hard; but, as in Salmon-fishing, no rule can 

 be laid down beyond the golden one to keep a taut line. 

 Though no fish are visible, you cast right and left. Presently, 

 while quietly reeling in an excess of line, down goes the rod- 

 tip with a smart jerk; there is a terribly long pause of about 

 half a second, then the reel sings, and thirty yards away a 

 silver bar flashes through the air three or four times in quick 

 succession, for it is a fresh-run fish hooked in a tender spot. 

 You recover a little line, then out it goes again with more 

 pyrotechnics. At the end of ten or fifteen minutes he comes 



