DRY-FLY FISHING 



that catching salmon varies directly with the num- 

 ber of salmon fished over and if the fishing was 

 properly done over enough fish, they could always 

 be taken, and there would be no blank days or 

 possibly weeks. My recent experience has con- 

 firmed me in the opinion that the old-fashioned 

 salmon-fishing methods in low clear water above 

 sixty degrees Fahr. are the worst possible way to 

 take salmon on a fly. 



The rise of a salmon on a dry fly is a matter of 

 great interest and I have endeavored to get a 

 photograph of it many times. With the ordinary 

 camera this only results in one view which may be 

 taken any time during the rise. In the moving- 

 picture film we took in August, 1921, fortunately 

 we secured several rises on a dry fly and the pic- 

 tures Figure 38 to Figure 47 show some of the suc- 

 cessive stages of the rise and the striking of the 

 fish. These are " cut-outs " from the film. You 

 will notice the beginning of the rise and the in- 

 crease in the size of the splash as the tail of the 

 fish throws the water upward; then the tightening 

 of the line due to the taking up of the slack 

 which throws the drops of water into the air; and 

 finally the fish hooked carrying the line up-stream 

 and partly showing his back nearer to the fisher- 



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