146 The Atlantic Salmon 



while many so hooked break the tackle by run- 

 ning under the logs, it is surprising how large a 

 proportion is landed in spite of the great risk. 

 The best course to follow is for the angler, if 

 fishing from a canoe, to get ashore, if he can, and 

 keep the canoe above the fish to turn aside such 

 logs as threaten to come near the line. 



I was once going back to camp just at dusk, 

 after a fruitless afternoon, when I saw a good fish 

 jump in a small, quick-running pool known as 

 " The Judge's." The logs were very thick indeed, 

 but Jacques, my Indian, insisted on anchoring 

 for a trial at the salmon. There seemed hardly 

 room to cast, and the man in the stern had to 

 keep a sharp lookout to shove aside the logs that 

 might otherwise run into and swamp us. Wait- 

 ing awhile for a clear space where we had seen 

 the fish, I cast over him, and he took the fly at 

 once, and in spite of me ran under a floating log 

 before the anchor could be lifted, and went off 

 with a yard of the casting line. Quickly putting 

 on another fly, I threw in the same place, where 

 another fish hooked directly. Him I had on for 

 perhaps five minutes, but could not get ashore by 

 reason of the logs, and this salmon managed to 

 foul the line and break away with what was left of 



