152 MODERN PRACTICAL ANGLER. 
with a pertinacity which is very remarkable. In the Con- 
way, for instance, I have often had pointed out to me a 
stone, the little eddy behind which was almost invariably 
tenanted by a Salmon. Such is’also the Red Stone 
below Makerston on the Tweed, and there are many 
similar instances. 
Why Salmon should evince such strong predilections 
for particular spots is a question which has never been 
satisfactorily answered ; but that they do so evince them 
is beyond a doubt; and whilst such is the case, the 
Salmon-fisher who does not want to waste his time will 
never, if he can help it, try a new water without some 
local guide who knows the casts, and what are and what 
are not the spots most likely to hold Salmon. 
A gaff is sometimes necessary for the safe and expe- 
ditious landing of Salmon, but it requires to be used by 
an experienced eye and hand, and in the early spring 
months, when the kelts or spawned fish are dropping 
down the river, a net, (which should not be less than two 
feet in-diameter,) will both save the fisherman’s time and 
probably the lives of at least some “doubtful” fish. In 
fact, on many early Salmon rivers a net is almost a size 
gua non, and the use of the gaff should be discouraged 
in every way. 
Another important point in Salmon angling is “ fishing 
for a second rise.” Ifa Salmon through his own or the 
angler’s fault has missed the fly, he will, if properly 
managed, frequently rise a second, and sometimes a 
