112 FAMILIAR FISH, THEIR HABITS AND CAPTURE 



18 feet in length, and average in weight from 16 to 

 20 ounces. A large multiplying reel that will carry 

 150 yards or more of light linen line is required. As 

 in other fishing, large flies are being discarded, and 

 No. 2 hooks are generally the largest used, with 

 Nos. 3 and 4 the favorite sizes. But one fly is 

 used, and that is fastened to the end of a 6-foot 

 single gut leader, that in turn is looped to a 3- or 6- 

 foot double leader, which is attached to the line. 

 With such a large rod two-handed casting must be 

 done, the left hand above and the right below the 

 reel, with the butt of the rod frequently resting 

 against the body to relieve the hands of strain. 



When casting either from a boat or the shore a 

 position is taken above the pool, which is slowly 

 whipped across a few times. Then the fisherman 

 moves down some 5 or 6 feet and again casts, repeat- 

 ing this until the entire pool is covered. The proper 

 way to cast is to drop the fly at the right-hand side 

 near the shore, and, by successively raising and drop- 

 ping the tip of the rod, to draw the fly up stream and 

 then to float it back. This causes the fly to flutter, 

 while the cast is gradually being worked across the 

 pool to the extreme left. As just said, the cast is 

 repeated several times before moving down. A pecul- 

 iarity of salmon, in which it differs from trout or bass, 

 is that it comes up straight to the fly, and will not 



