58 SPORT ON THE SALMON RIVERS 



in weather and such surprises are of astonishing frequency. The 

 threatening eye with which fortune looks upon men just before she 

 means them most good she often turns upon the angler. 



THE MEUWAY SALMON RIVER. NOVA SCOTIA. 



Although salmon are often caught during the brightest hours 

 of the day, the same rules apply in Canadian streams as elsewhere. 

 Avoid fishing a pool after ten o'clock on a clear summer morning 

 until about five o'clock in the evening. In comparatively Mill 

 water the fly must descend as lightly as a feather exactly on tin- 

 right ripple, for the salmon will not offer to take unless the fly is 

 precisely at a certain distance away. If the water is very >till 

 it is a good plan frequently to allow the fly to sink a few inches, 

 then draw toward the surface and again allow it to sink. 



Many of the pools in Canadian waters are surrounded by perpen- 

 dicular or overhanging rocks, and in such places it is well to keep 

 out of sight as much as possible, and never disturb or approach the 

 water before trying it. In hooking a fish it is best to strike a little 

 sideways, rather gently, ' doing something with your wrist which 

 (as Mr. Penn says) is not very easy to explain '. 



Scrape's advice is very much to the point everywhere : ' It is 

 indispensable to have a quick eye and a ready hand. Your fly, 

 or its exact position, should never be lost sight of, and you should 

 imagine every moment of the live-long day that an extraordinary 

 large salmon was coming at it.' 



