BAIT FOR SALMON. 95 



be tied on immediately after the gut and hook are put 

 together, the hackle next, then the body, etc. 



BAITS, ETC. 



THE different kinds of baits used in fishing are extremely 

 numerous, and demand the angler's particular attention, 

 as well with reference to their nature, as to the various 

 modes in which they may be applied. 



We shall notice these under the head of each fish. 



for Salmon 



In treating of bait for this magnificent fish, we shall 

 confine ourselves entirely to the artificial fly. This is 

 the only kind of bait worthy the attention of the genuine 

 angler, or which will secure him unvarying success. We 

 have always considered the employment of any other 

 artifice for luring this noble inhabitant of the streams as 

 directly implying something both frivolous and debasing, 

 alike unworthy of the angler's reputation and the cha- 

 racter of the fish. It must always be borne in mind, that 

 the real angler has a certain kind of fame to support. It 

 is not the mere catching of fish which confers his reputa- 

 tion, but the mode and manner of doing it. And there- 

 fore it is that an angler, having, what the old Scottish 

 covenanter called, " the root of the matter" in him, will 

 on all occasions be remarkably particular and sensitive, 

 as to all the movements and appliances connected with 

 his cherished amusement. There must be nothing low 

 and grovelling nothing which may seem to involve an 

 idea that he is pursuing his fascinating calling under 

 the influence of any motive, but the pure love of his 

 sport. Better lose a thousand fish a day, than adopt or 

 sanction any practices which have even an appearance, 



