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triangle, and put on a new one. Lead for this kind 

 of fishing is not required. 



A few words may be said about the method of 

 using one of these baits on a fly-rod.* One fishes 

 a pool down in much the same way as if the lure 

 were a fly, but it is not necessary to cast at quite so 

 acute an angle, and therefore a shorter line can be 

 used, which is a decided advantage. Some men 

 work the bait in short jerks like a fly, but I do not 

 think this is necessary. I have found it quite 

 enough to cause the bait to sweep slowly and 

 steadily across the river by bringing the point of 

 the rod round from left to right or right to left, as 

 the case may be. A salmon will sometimes take 

 with a bang, sometimes very quietly, so that it feels 

 more as if one were caught up on a rock. This 

 last contingency does not often arise, by the way, 

 because without lead one is never fishing deep 

 enough to touch the bottom, and projecting rocks 

 are all one has to fear. In this respect the method 

 has a decided advantage over spinning of the 

 ordinary kind. Its shortcomings, however, are 



* Practically all that is said here is also applicable to 

 trout-fishing, rod, bait, tackle, etc., being, of course, modified 

 to suit the circumstances. I have had many enjoyable hours 

 with perch, too, casting some light spinning bait with a 

 fly-rod. 



