FISHING FOR SALMON 291 



slips through the water your rod merely following the line 

 down stream and round toward your own bank. 



The following general method of fishing out a cast will 

 I think meet with approval. 



It must be remembered that, except in clear and shallow 

 water, especially toward the end of a season when the fish are 

 naturally shy, the rod point should be kept well down as the 

 cast is fished out, as shown in Plate XXXVIII. The lower 

 the rod is held the deeper the lure will sink and the less it will 

 be seen, and therefore the greater will be the chance of your 

 getting a fish. In fine clear weather, in summer time, and 

 in shallow water, fishing the fly toward the surface can be 

 adopted with perhaps greater chance of success, and even 

 as mentioned elsewhere dry fly tactics may be resorted to. 



The angle at which the fly must be cast, and at which the 

 line should fall on the water as regards the stream should 

 vary at nearly every cast, and though the variation between 

 each cast may be a small one, yet it is certain that a judicious 

 consideration of the exact spot at which your fly should fall 

 will tend not only to successful fishing, but it will add en- 

 joyment and interest to each cast. It is the assured feeling 

 that salmon must be in the pool you are fishing which leads 

 up to the interesting consideration of just how and where 

 they are lying, so as to bring the fly not the line most 

 surely and quickly to their notice. 



In approaching any salmon pool it is well to remember 

 that salmon are gifted with sight, and to believe that they are 

 as keenly alert and equally as shy as trout ; also that any 

 part of a run entering a salmon pool may carry a fish. 



We will assume that there are no trees or other dangers 

 behind you, and so you will fish this supposititious pool 

 by using the Wye cast. The fly you believe in has been 

 examined and is attached to your well soaked cast, and you 

 have now to fish most carefully every yard of the run 



