Salmon Fishing. n 



me to say that, had I the good fortune to reside 

 near a trout stream, I should not still love to 

 ramble within reach of its welcome music ; but 

 when I do leave home for a month at a time, for 

 health and recreation's sake, give me a salmon- 

 rod to wield, and a noble river to wander by ; 

 and my former aches and pains, where are 

 they, when a few days have skipped by ? 



The transition from the trout to the salmon- 

 rod, I found anything than difficult. Wielding 

 the latter for the first time in the presence of a 

 friend, who had long since been a master of the 

 art ; how astonished was I to find that, instead 

 of scolding me for not doing this, and for my 

 awkwardness in that ; all he remarked was, 

 " Well, young fellow, if you commence like that, 

 you will very soon flog us out of the field, in 

 light casting at least." 



Now, in throwing a light line of tolerable 

 length, a great deal of course depends upon the 

 rod you use. The one I commenced with was 

 made according to my own fancy by Copham of 



