WET-FLY FISHING 



fly. This was cast about twenty feet above the 

 fish and allowed to sink, and pulled a little just as 

 it came to the salmon. On the first cast I hooked 

 one, and succeeded in hooking all three before 

 we left. I am sure I could not have hooked any 

 of them with flies near the surface. I noticed one 

 of these fish turn and take the fly as it was dragging 

 over the surface of the ledge, acting almost like 

 a sucker. Several times this season I have fished 

 swift water carefully with a wet fly when I was 

 sure it held salmon, and failed to raise them. 

 After adding lead to the fly and so making it run 

 deeper in the water, I raised the fish. 



I believe that the preference which many anglers 

 have for the double-hooked flies is caused by the 

 fact that these flies are heavier and therefore 

 travel deeper down than a single-hooked fly. I 

 do not use them as they cast badly and make a 

 disagreeable sound as they strike the water. I 

 also find I lose more fish on them after they are 

 hooked. 



All salmon fishermen know that when a pool is 

 fished in the regular manner with a fly, it soon gets 

 "stirred up" and no more fish will rise. The 

 longer it is fished the less chance there is of taking 

 any salmon. This is generally because the line 



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