222 FLY FISHING 



there was no chance of another salmon that 

 day. 



On one other occasion my reel line broke. I 

 had hooked a salmon, which ran up into some 

 water full of notorious sunken rocks, amongst 

 which the line got fast. I put on a strain in 

 every possible direction, and tried pulling by 

 hand, but could move nothing and feel nothing. 

 As a last resource I let out all my line and went 

 down to the full length of it in order to get a 

 pull as directly down stream as possible. The 

 line broke unexpectedly, close to the reel, and in 

 a moment was swept out of the rings by the 

 stream, and into the river, and I saw it no 

 more that day. But the next morning my 

 friend wading on the opposite side in slack 

 water felt something round his feet, and at 

 luncheon presented me with the whole of the 

 lost line and part of the cast still attached to it. 



The lines usually sold for dry fly fishing are, I 

 think, made rather too heavy. It is well to have 

 a heavy line ready for a day with a strong down 

 stream wind, but the lines which are generally 

 recommended for dry fly fishing seem to me not 

 only heavier than is necessary, but heavier also 



