22 ROD & CREEL 



Baits. For echoes there is very little choice of baits. If 

 they are on the feed they will take anything, even a six-inch 

 Stewart. Probably the best you can use are a 2 l / 2 or 3-inch 

 brass Stewart of the Levere make, and a 1%-inch Victoria 

 spoon. 



Fishing for Cohoes. These fish seldom stay long in one 

 place but seem to be of a restless disposition and continually on 

 the move. In the various bays and inlets they come and go 

 with the tides, and your time of fishing will depend upon them. 

 The fish have distinct lines of run, sometimes quite close to 

 shore and others half a mile out. Generally they keep to fairly 

 swift water, a rocky point with a good tide sweeping by is often 

 one of the best places to fish. In rowing your boat you want 

 to go a fair pace unless you are using a Victoria spoon, which 

 revolves very fast and is useless in swift water. 



Spring Salmon. Trolling for spring salmon requires much 

 more skill than for cohoes, as they are often fastidious about 

 baits and in addition the winter fish feed in certain waters at 

 certain times, one day close in to shore, at others away out at 

 much greater depths. In some water the time of your fishing 

 must be governed entirely by the tide, in others nothing but 

 early morning and late evening, quite regardless of tides, are 

 very good. 



If you cannot find anybody to give you advice, you are 

 more likely to hit it right by morning and evening fishing, 

 especially with an ebb tide. 



Tyee salmon are simply a very big variety of springs that 

 run in July, August and September, and these fish require a 

 special outfit. 



The Rod. This is a very important part of your outfit, as, 

 though an expensive rod is not necessary, it should be suitable 

 for the class of work you are going to do. Eleven feet or 

 eleven and a half feet is the ideal length and, of course, a 

 split cane steel centre spinning rod of about twenty-two ounces 

 cannot be beaten. A good greenheart is quite all that is 

 really needed, but it must be good and be able to play a fish 

 right down to the butt. On no account let anybody persuade 

 you into buying a stiff rod with a short, thick top, you might 

 just as well get a long-handled broom and put some rings on 

 it. On the other hand do not go and buy an eighteen-foot fly 

 rod. Remember, there is a happy medium, and get a rod with 

 which you can, when necessary, take a good lift on your fish 

 r.iid yet is supple enough to bend from tip to butt in a perfect 

 arc when there is a heavy strain on it. 



Reels. A really first class metal reel with a very big drum 

 and absolutely simple mechanism cannot be beaten. It must be 

 large enough to hold 200 yards of heavy line easily and two 



