TIIF. \IV.VA.. — FI-Y-II«M)KS. ;n 7 



Tlic fjrrJit I)i'aiity of j;ut is to be CDrroctly round and pcrlcctly 

 ciiual in thickness, wliich enables it to stand a strain which if it 

 were unc(|ual wouUl cause it to pve way. 



The rt'cl >houId be of' brass, whicli I prefer to (Icrnian silver, 

 bushed and rivt'ttitl \\ith sticl. It >hould liavc a balance 

 liandlr, and a click, which is of «;reat use, as privi-ntinj^ more 

 of the line than is rccjuircd from running oil" it whih' in the act of 

 casting, before a fish is struck ; but a catch or stop mu>t on no 

 account be used, as it will fVc([ucutly stop the liiu' at the very 

 moment when it should run the fastest. I had almost forgotten 

 to add, that the simple reel is va-stly preferred by all truly 

 scientific anglers to the multiplier, which in fact is now almost 

 exploded. 



The fly-hooks should unqucstionahly be of the Limerick bend, 

 and even for spinning with the parr, or fi>hing \\ith the worm 

 or the deadly roc-bait, all of which are very killing to tin; 

 Salmon, the same form is the preferable. 



The great size and weight of the Salmon renders the use of 

 the landing-net impossible, an<l it is, moreover, at the best, n 

 clumsy and unportable machine. For it, therefore, the angler 

 substitutes the gaff — a sharp, unbarbed hook, of convenient 

 size, which screws securely into the head of a stout ashen-shaft, 

 the butt of which may conveniently be hollowed so as to contain 

 spare tly-tops, as it is inadmissible to subtract from the wciirht 

 of the rod-butt by hollowing it. 



With this h(M)k, so soon a.H the fish is suflicicntly exhaiistcd 

 U) be (ln\wn within striking, held in the right hand while the 

 rod is tmnsfcrre<l to the left, he gaffs the fish steadily and 

 shaq)ly in the solid jmrtion of the tail below the al)d<)minal 



