368 SALMON" TROUT FISHING. 



foot of a long glancing rapid^ in a single tide ; and the former 

 gentleman writes me word, that one morning in last season he 

 killed, in an hour or two, eight fish, which weighed forty 

 pounds. 



This must be regarded, however, as an unusual run of luck ; 

 for the average size of the Salmon Trout does not appear to 

 exceed four pounds, although they are taken up to seven and 

 eight. 



In the fresh water, within the rivers, they are taken exactly 

 as the Salmon or Brook Trout, with a double or single-handed 

 rod indifferently, and with any of the baits or flies which arc 

 killing to the others of the family; but best of all, with a scarlet 

 ibis fly, with a gold tinsel body, which it prefers, even in bright 

 water, to the best peacock herl and gay feather lake-flies. 

 Although a fine game fish, a strong fighter, and hard dier, the 

 Salmon Trout often comes in for a share of the Salmon Fisher's 

 maledictions, jumping incessantly at the deceits intended to 

 fascinate a larger and more potent ^-ictim, and, in fact, for 

 insisting on being taken in lieu of its great congener. 



In the sea bays, quite out of sight of land, while roving along 

 the coasts, in search probably of its favourite estuary, the 

 Salmon Trout is caught nearly as we catch Mackerel or Blue 

 Fish, by troUing with the ibis fly, above described, at the end 

 of thirty or forty yards of line, from the stern of a sailing-boat, 

 under all canvas, in a stiff Mackerel breeze. 



For this sport it is necessary to use a reel, with not less than 

 a hundred yards of line — as the largest fish are taken by this 

 method, and make a very violent resistance before they can be 

 brought home. 



