SECRETS OF THE SALMON 



man than the original break. This particular fish 

 was about twenty-four and one-half pounds when 

 landed. 



There are many kinds of rises made by salmon, 

 but this happens to be the only type we succeeded 

 in photographing. I hope on my next trip to get 

 many more such pictures. 



The illustrations (Figures 35 and 36) show two 

 dry-fly casts made while wading rather deeply 

 into a current which was not very swift. Be- 

 low the fly are a large number of salmon which 

 are visible in some of the moving-picture films. 

 The cast (Figure 35) is one in which the fly 

 is coming down not in advance of the leader 

 but with the leader lying across the stream. Such 

 a cast is not likely to raise fish where the water is 

 clear and they are hard to catch. The cast shown 

 in Figure 35 is a perfect cast for catching salmon 

 in this kind of water. The fly is coming down- 

 stream first and the leader extends up-stream from 

 the fly for a foot or so. In this position it is end- 

 wise to the eye of the fish and is less visible to him. 

 The slack line shown is purposely cast in order to 

 avoid any danger of pulling the fly and also making 

 it possible to float it naturally down the current. 

 It further takes time to take up after the fish has 



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