Favorite Fish and Fishing 



cero, or Florida kingfish, will leap higher, 



for it is the greatest vaulter of them all. 



Vaulting The - ladyfish executes a series of short, 



Ambition . J ' 



whirling leaps that puzzle the eye to fol- 

 low it is the gamest fish for its size in salt 

 water. The leap of the flying-fish is sus- 

 tained for a long distance by its wing-like 

 pectoral fins, on the principle of the aero- 

 plane, though its sole motive power is 

 probably derived from its tail before leav- 

 ing the water. The salt-water mullet is an 

 expert jumper, leaping often in play, but 

 when pursued by an enemy its leaps are 

 higher and longer than would be expected 

 from its size. The brook trout, pike, and 

 mascalonge seldom leap when hooked, 

 though the steelhead trout and grayling 

 both leap nearly as often as the black bass 

 in their efforts to dislodge the hook. The 

 leap of the salmon is a long, graceful curve, 

 as it heads up stream. Once, while playing 

 my first salmon, on the Restigouche, many 

 years ago, my taut line was leading straight 

 down the stream, when I caught sight of a 

 salmon over my shoulder and above me, 

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