20 ROD 6- CREEL 



For salt water a plain enamelled line is quite good enough, 

 as you seldom need to make long casts and salt water soon 

 ruins a silk line. 



Flies. Few flies are needed, the Jock Scott, Silver Doctor, 

 Silver Wilkinson and Durham Ranger are as good as any. Most 

 of your flies should be tied on 5/0 hooks but have one or two 

 on smaller hooks for bright, low water. 



Casts. Strong salmon gut is needed, but not more than 

 three or four feet is required. 



Fishing. The actual fishing itself is quite a simple matter 

 to anybody who can make some sort of an overhead cast. In 

 the salt water it is quite a "chuck and chance it" game. One 

 anchors his boat at the mouth of a creek or on the line of a 

 run and one can keep on casting in the same place all day and 

 be just as likely to hook a fish at the end of one or two hours 

 as at first. In fresh water it is much pleasanter work, as much 

 better success will be obtained if the pool is fished thoroughly 

 from one end to another. Also greater skill is needed in cast- 

 ing, sometimes the best water takes a long cast to reach and 

 sometimes one has a nasty wind to contend with. 



In fishing a pool for salmon it is best to start at the head 

 of the pool and fish down. Cast across stream at an angle of 

 45 degrees and let it sweep round with the current slowly, giv- 

 ing the fly a moderate amount of movement. Get the fly down 

 as deep as possible as a general rule. There are, however, 

 times when a fly worked quickly on the surface will kill better, 

 but such cases are exceptions. 



If you have a rise you must not be in a hurry to strike, 

 feel the fish first and then a slight tightening of the line is all 

 that is needed. 



