INCIDENTS AND ACCIDENTS 



swam ahead of the hooked fish and then made a 

 complete turn like a somersault right at the nose 

 of the hooked fish; his tail of course hit the leader 

 and broke it off. The whole action took place 

 within thirty feet and we could see it all plainly. 

 I wonder if some of the fish we lose where we cannot 

 see them, do not get away in some such way, by 

 the help of others. This case did not look like 

 an accident. 



My son one day was playing a fifteen-pound 

 fish hooked on a No. 8 fly. He was certainly 

 hooked in the mouth as the guide saw him in the 

 water. He made a swift rush and a turn and there 

 was a sharp jerk on the line and then the salmon 

 pulled much harder than before, but always 

 straight away. After a while he came in and when 

 gaffed it was found that he was hooked in the upper 

 part of the tail. That salmon was clearly out of 

 luck. 



At the Forks Pool in New Foundland on the 

 Grand Codroy one season, the water was very clear 

 and low about August 20th. There was a very 

 large number of fish in the pool, perhaps a thousand 

 or more, and they were lying in long rows along 

 the ledges. We took a number on a dry fly and 

 expected sport for several days. About five 



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