Fish and Fishing 



made in three-foot lengths. They can be attached 

 to any length desired, but to my mind a nine-foot 

 gut cast is too long, as it is more difficult to 

 bring the fish to the net with a very long leader, 

 if it cannot be drawn through the ring tip. In 

 salmon fishing the case is different because the rod 

 is of sufficient length to handle a nine-foot leader. 

 In fishing for the ouananiche I use a salmon leader, 

 with dropper loop. A trout leader, even a heavy 

 one, would not hold a minute against the kicks of 

 that lively fish in such turbulent waters as those 

 of the Grande Decharge. The use of double and 

 treble gut is only desirable for snells and leaders 

 in salt-water angling, and should not be used for 

 any fresh-water game fish, unless in very deep- 

 water fishing where the light is poor. 



For trout-fishing, the very light leaders can be 

 cast much more softly on the water, and the line 

 will force a light leader much more readily than 

 a coarse, thick one. The same holds good in fly- 

 fishing for bass. It is most essen- 



Fly and Snell tial that the fly snells be of the 

 of Uniform ... . , , , 



Thickness same thickness as the leader; a 



thick snell on a fine leader hangs 

 down, and does not work away from the leader; 

 the same difficulty is apparent if a thin snell is 

 attached to a thick leader, because it always wraps 

 around and gets entangled in the leader. 



It may not be amiss to state that in dry fly-fish- 

 ing only one fly is used at the end of a six or nine- 

 foot leader. In trout-fishing some use two flies 

 with the snell of the dropper or second fly not 

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