96 His Instructions in Salmon-Fishing. 



previously given, and it will be clear where 

 Walton got his description of the reel 

 from, though Barker knew too much about 

 it to say it is put on the middle of the 

 rod.) 



Barker continues : 



"The Salmon swimmeth most com- 

 monly in the midst of the river. In all 

 his travells his desire is to see the upper- 

 most part of the river, travelling on his 

 journey in the heat of the day he may 

 take a bush [/.., rest in the shade of 

 a bush] ; if the fisherman espy him, he 

 goeth at him with his speare, so shorteneth 

 his journey. 



"The angler that goeth to catch him 

 with a line and hook, must angle for him 

 as nigh the middle of the water as he can 

 with one of these baits : He must take 

 two lob-worms baited as handsomely as 

 he can, that the four ends may hang meet 

 [evenly] of a length, and so angle as nigh 

 the bottom as he can, feeling your plummet 

 to run on the ground some twelve inches 

 from the hook : if you angle for him with 

 a flie (which he will rise at like a trout) 

 the flie must be made of a large hook, 

 which hook must carry six wings, or four 

 at least ; there is judgment in making 

 these flyes. The Salmon will come at a 

 Gudgeon in the manner of a trouling, and 



