SALMON FISHING 



CHAPTER I 



SALMON FLIES 



ALMON flies, lures, or whatever 

 we may call them, have always 

 afforded an interesting and in- 

 exhaustible field for discussion, 

 speculation, invention, and not 

 a little sentiment. One has a 

 kindly feeling of " auld acquaintance " when 

 handling some study of colour in fur, feather, 

 and tinsel, the association of which brings re- 

 collections of great days, which perchance began 

 with disappointment but ended in satisfaction 

 and content. 



After days of waiting, the river is at last 

 in good volume and colour, while everything 

 seems favourable for a grand day's sport as the 

 rod is put together and an eager start made. 

 Salmon are rising all over the pool, which is 

 fished down three times with as many changes 

 of colour, but without getting a single pull. 



