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to show them bait or fly, and only teaches them to con- 

 nect in their minds the noise and the fishing. 



OTHER METHODS OF FISHING. As salmon and trout 

 are only taken for sport, they should never be caught 

 with anything but the fly, which is the highest develop- 

 ment of sport in fishing. Salmon are never fished for in 

 any other way, but it will occasionally happen that a 

 trout stream is so overgrown with trees and bushes, that 

 the use of the fly is an impossibility. In such cases a 

 person is perfectly justified in having resort to a worm. 

 For this kind of work, especially in the small brooks 

 which are so common in our country, and which flow 

 down some mountain side through dense and unbroken 

 woods, the best rod is a pole cut from the forest, as it can 

 be taken by the smaller end and dragged along, when 

 more delicate tackle would give trouble. The best line 

 is a gut leader, which is tied to the end of the pole, and 

 may be shortened by turning the latter in the hands and 

 winding it up. For larger streams, where a reel can be 

 used, a short rod with a small float are the proper imple- 

 ments. Pay out as much line, and keep the float as tar 

 ahead as possible ; have a leader of two or three feet in 

 length, and no sinker. In streams connected with salt 

 water and in ponds, minnows are better bait than worms. 

 Minnows and worms can both be cast and played some- 

 what like the fly, and often with deadly effect. 



Trolling spoons are fatal with the larger sea trout of 

 Canada, and may either be drawn along after the boat 

 while it is being rowed, or if small enough, they may be 

 cast like the fly. It is rather a coarse method of fishing, 

 and if a fish is once hooked he can never escape, except v 

 by breaking the line, as the hooks of the spoon will be 

 imbedded in his jaws so that they are difficult of extrac- 

 tion after he is landed. Such devices are more appro- 



