DRY-FLY FISHING 



causes a curl.- A little practice will soon teach the 

 trick. The salmon seems to pay no attention to 

 the fly, but his head rises visibly from the bottom. 

 A second cast does not come so close over him and 

 the guide says the fly is too near to me. I lengthen 

 out the casts a little and place the fly just right, 

 about two feet in front of him. As it floats down 

 over him I see him rise and come rather slowly to 

 the surface. As his head comes up I hear the suck- 

 ing noise which is made by closing the gill plates 

 and suddenly opening the mouth causing the fly 

 to enter. I have been fishing trout too much this 

 year and strike quickly and pull the fly away be- 

 fore the fish gets it. It is bad work, and I have to 

 take my punishment by waiting until the salmon 

 resumes his position in the group. They generally 

 take up almost the same position as before. I 

 begin by casting again, and in a few casts the 

 guide says "the fly is passing just over him/' 

 This time he does not rise directly up as before but 

 turns after the fly has passed and gets below it, 

 rises and takes it with a great rush. There was 

 no missing this rise, and a lifting of the line sets 

 the fly and the fight is on. He runs a hundred 

 feet or so and jumps into the air about six feet 

 clear of the water, tumbling over directly away 



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