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handle fits. When a fish is struck the handle is 

 retained in the hand and the bone spear remains 

 in the fish, gets crosswise and cannot pull out. 

 The fish is then played and gradually pulled in. 

 The entogan is sometimes used to spear beaver. 



For snaring salmon, dried greased thong, or cop- 

 per or brass wire is used. The snare is attached 

 to the end of a stout rod, of birch, mountain ash 

 or sapling. The loop is seven to eight inches in 

 diameter, with a foot or more of spare wire be- 

 tween the loop and the rod. The noose is then 

 passed under and around the fish and when about 

 opposite the back fin a jerk is given and the fish 

 is snared by the tail. 



Fish are frequently shot in from six to fifteen 

 inches of water; especially pike, on reed beds in 

 the spring. A perpendicular direction is neces- 

 sary for a sure shot, unless in very shallow water, 

 when a slanting shot will kill if proper allowance 

 is made for refraction of water by aiming below 

 the fish. Only in very shallow water are fish 

 actually struck by shot, usually being killed by 

 the shock alone. 



(Indian Salmon Spear) 



