60 HOW SALMON-RIVERS SHOULD BE FISHED. 



throw, in rapid succession, several somersets, six 

 feet high or more, and then with a species of fero- 

 city plunge beneath the water, and there "jigger " 

 away, making the rod quiver as though he who 

 held it were stricken with the palsy. The somer- 

 sets would be repeated, and, finally, the fish would 

 have recourse to a desperate and lengthened rush. 

 At length, after a protracted struggle, my quarry 

 would yield and be bagged. I would then find 

 that he was hooked foul, that is, outside of the 

 mouth, in some part of the body, and my dismay 

 and wonderment would cease at one and the same 

 time. Now, to return to the fish that sinks the 

 moment he is hooked. You will generally speak- 

 ing kill him if you play him according to the 

 directions I have just been writing. 



How TO FISH A Salmon-Kiver. — Whenever 

 it is at all convenient, a river should be fished 

 upwards, in the direction of its source, rather 

 than downwards, for the reason that it is far 

 better to begin at the tail of a pool or stream 

 than at the head. If you begin at the head of a 

 pool, there are many chances to one that, if you 

 hook a salmon there, he will take you down 

 stream, and disturb all the fish that come in his 

 way, — all the fish in the lower part of the pool, 

 which you have not as yet fished. Besides, the 



