DOUBLE v. SINGLE CASTS 37 



25-lb. salmon and I have that one weighed 

 every pound of the 25. 'Tis true, I had all 

 the sport there was to be had in capturing 

 the fellow, but the end was so disappointing 

 it took the pleasure out of the sport. After 

 sighing, groaning, wailing, and biting our 

 teeth a while, we concluded it was too early 

 to go back to camp, and would see further 

 what was in store for us. Sol repaired the 

 tip, and I the line. But no mere single casts 

 for me, so long as there are double ones. 

 That morning single gut had cost me two 

 salmon, which I have not a doubt would have 

 been saved with double. Of course I don't 

 know your ideas of single casts, but mine are 

 now proven by many years' experience since, 

 that while 4 the single make the neater gear 

 and are less disturbing to the water, the 

 double capture quite as many, without the 

 risk of any such disappointment as above 

 related. 



To return to our morning cruise. Our gear 

 being repaired, we proceeded to fish Shoal 

 Ground, which is a long, smooth, rather shoal 

 run of nearly half a mile a favourite spot 

 for fishing when the salmon are moving out 



