2O Salmon Pis Jang. 



are wont to follow their " fancies," and rarely 

 work their flies alike, and yet on an average kill 

 a not very unequal number of fish, I am led to 

 think the manner of their doing so not very 

 material. 



I believe it to be indispensable in working 

 the fly, that it should be kept moving the whole 

 while, without the slightest pause. Who has 

 not seen, over and over again, how a trout will 

 suddenly start back in affright, immediately 

 there is the slightest hitch in the spinning of 

 the minnow, natural or artificial? The faster 

 in reason the latter travels, the faster will the 

 former keep pace with it, till he make his final 

 dash. This fact in respect to trout, may it 

 not afford us a hint, at least, in working the 

 salmon-fly ? 



There are several ways of doing this, as 

 remarked before; but which is the most suc- 

 cessful, it would be difficult, if not impossible, 

 to determine. 



I have witnessed some fishermen make three 



