140 The Atlantic Salmon 



at a point somewhat above that of the rise, and 

 continue six or eight casts below. The salmon 

 is more likely to be below the place where he 

 showed than above and farther to the right or 

 left, but nothing certain can be known as to his 

 whereabouts. After a salmon has once risen and 

 refused to come again to the same fly or to one 

 a little smaller, it is considered best by many 

 high authorities to leave him to his own devices 

 for half an hour or longer before trying him 

 again. My best results have been obtained by 

 sticking to the fish until he stops rising at any- 

 thing, and frequently he may come at a fly after 

 he has been indifferent to the three or four pre- 

 ceding ones. Sometimes a fish will come to a 

 fly presented to him from a different direction 

 to the one he has refused. I once rose a fish 

 three times from a canoe within casting distance 

 of the shore, and after that cast over him inef- 

 fectively for twenty minutes. Then I went 

 ashore, and as soon as the fly reached him com- 

 ing from the other way he took it. After a 

 salmon has risen two or three times without 

 hooking to the flies in common use, his normal 

 tendencies are abandoned, and he is just as likely 

 to come to a fly that would inspire him with 



