208 THE BRITISH ANGLER'S LEXICON. 



Day, and good fresh fish are caught, even when the ice has 

 to be broken on the pools ere the angler can cast his fly. 

 The salmon of North America is somewhat different from 

 the British species. It is not of so deep a red in the flesh, 

 and the flavour is not so rich. Nevertheless, it is a fine 

 fish, and is so plentiful in many of the rivers there that 

 establishments have been raised on the banks to utilise, 

 by canning, the countless myriads available, and many 

 thousands of tons are preserved annually and exported over 

 the globe. These American fish are very active. They 

 ascend the rivers for hundreds of miles, and are so plentiful 

 as to actually impede navigation. They are caught by 

 every conceivable means nets, spears, boxes, and wheels 

 made to revolve with floats, which lift the fish and deposit 

 them in boats made for the purpose. 



Salmon Bag's. The superior ones are generally 

 made of brown tanned canvas, waterproof, with extra 

 pockets for book, flask, &c. They are used for carrying 

 salmon, sea trout, pike, or any large fish. (See sc Bags.") 



Salmon Fishing is the grandest of all sport. No 

 fish that swims makes so determined a fight for liberty as 

 the salmon, and, for its size, has so powerful a command 

 over its muscles. It requires strength, energy, patience, 

 and ability to succeed in its capture. Trout are more 

 w r ary require greater skill and judgment in their pursuit 

 and capture but they have not the power of the salmon. It 

 is a different style of angling from that of trout. The rod is 

 much longer and heavier, the line likewise, and everything 

 connected with it is of the strongest and most perfect 

 in its working. The favourite lure is the fly, and if 

 this is large, it is generally considered that one is sufficient. 

 If the flies are medium or small-sized, two are sometimes 



