24 OBSERVATIONS ON A SALMON RIVER 



digest solids owing to the changes that 

 occur in the stomach and alimentary canal 

 of the fresh run salmon? 



Is it not possible that when a salmon first 

 enters a river he still feels hungry and has 

 not forgotten the feeding habit? He may 

 have a craving for food yet be unable to 

 retain it. This craving may cease after a 

 time yet a rise of water and a change of 

 pool may renew it. The "slink" is sup- 

 posed to have been in the river for a year, 

 yet he surely shows plenty of "craving." 



It is said that salmon are more aggressive 

 than voracious and that it is anger, an- 

 noyance, or playfulness that makes them 

 rise to a fly. I have seen them pursue a 

 fly as if in hunger and when they could not 

 be denied. 



All anglers will admit that salmon take 

 more readily during the "magic hour" 

 than at any other time. It is quite possible 

 that they may have a preference as to 

 their favorite hour to feed, but is it probable 

 that they are more apt to be annoyed or 



