280 Salmon- Fishing. 



said the line must be well loaded. This is imper- 

 ative, both because we fish the worm in heavier 

 water for salmon than for trout, and because salmon 

 are somewhat deliberate in their mode of attack. 



Having drawn off from the reel a yard or two 

 more of line than you will need in casting, so that 

 a fish on seizing the bait may run out without 

 check, throw the worm up the heavy current, and 

 allow it to move slowly round the deepest part of 

 the pool where salmon lie ; and, when it gets a 

 little below you, walk down-stream with it till it 

 leaves the best of the water. Then you may cast 

 again. It is better to fish from the channel side 

 than from the bank, not only because the worm is 

 then carried along more naturally with the current, 

 but also because the risk of its fixing on the bottom 

 is considerably diminished. 



The salmon may attack the bait several times be- 

 fore he finally " takes " it, and no restraint whatever 

 must be placed upon him during these preliminary 

 operations. Should he feel the slightest check on 

 his movements his suspicions will be aroused, he 

 will instantly drop the bait, and it must be a very 

 tempting worm indeed that will induce him to re- 

 new the attack. If unresisted, he goes off with the 

 bait in a lurching manner, like a cat with a mouse, 

 now running for a short distance as though to find 

 a convenient spot to devour his prize, now pausing 



