44 MOOSE-HUNTING, SALMON-FISHING, ETC 



very rough sheet of water, that no boat 

 ever attempts to run, but is only overcome 

 by dropping it down near the shore with 

 ropes. The head of it was divided into two 

 smooth runs by a big rock just about the 

 centre. We anchored above the western run, 

 and with a Grey Doctor made a cast with- 

 out any response. The next throw my fly 

 went nearer the shore, in the shadow of a 

 maple tree. The fly stops : the line draws. 

 I straightened up the rod, and he was fast, 

 hooked under water. "Look out, old man," 

 said Sol, " that he don't take down the Falls ! 

 Keep a good strain on him, for most likely 

 he'll try to. I'll work the boat up into 

 smoother and deeper water, so as to have a 

 better chance." 



By his actions I was convinced he was not 

 well hooked, and would have to be carefully 

 handled. Sol had scarcely changed the posi- 

 tion of the boat, when he started to run the 

 Falls, and I knew he was lost unless he could 

 be checked immediately, so I decided to settle 

 the matter there and then by putting the 

 brake on my reel, and made it so difficult to 

 draw out, while it gave a little, that he 



