200 USING THE SALMON ROD 



THE DOUBLE-HANDED ROD 



The use of the double-handed trout and salmon rod 

 is nearly always confined to the wet fly method of 

 fishing. The fly or flies are mostly fished across and 

 down stream, and are generally thrown to an angle of 

 about 50 degrees across the direction in which the 

 current is flowing. The flies are sunk below the 

 water, and drift down-stream round towards a point 

 immediately below the fisherman, his object being to 

 make these flies work in such a manner as to be easily 

 seen, and to vary the appearance they present to the 

 fish. It is necessary to keep a straight line between 

 the submerged flies and the point of the rod 



SALMON FISHING: A SAGGING LINE 



When fishing from the bank it requires careful study 

 and a good deal of skill on the part of the fisherman to 

 prevent the sagging of the line due to the varying 

 currents in the river across which it is cast. If the 

 line has fallen straight in the desired direction, and 

 there should be a tendency of the line to sag down- 

 stream after the forward cast, the fish, when in a cer- 

 tain position, may possibly detect the casting line 

 before they see the lure. A short up-stream motion 

 of the point of the rod, immediately after the fly has 

 fallen on the water, will cause an attendant up-stream 

 curve of the line, and if the rod is kept pointing well 

 above the direction of the fly until it has swept down 



