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one, he should take the bearings of the place 

 accurately with his pocket-compass, and note 

 it in his fly-book ; for salmon seldom lie 

 singly, and always rest in the same places. 

 This, indeed, is the principal use of the 

 otter ; it sweeps a large surface of the lake 

 at once, and exhibits a great variety of flies : 

 but when the locality of the fish and the 

 class of fly is once determined, no one who 

 can procure a boat would use the otter by 

 choice, unless he were a very young fisher- 

 man indeed. 



Besides the regular run of the salmon, 

 there are, in every lake frequented by them, 

 a certain number of what are called lost fish, 

 which may be found anywhere where trout 

 rise, and whose solitary rises frequently 

 deceive the explorer. The chance of hook- 

 ing a salmon among the trout adds greatly 

 to the liveliness of the fishing, even though 

 such an event does not occur three times in 

 the season ; and for that reason every trout- 

 fisher on a salmon lake should have stout 

 tackle, plenty of reel-line, and, if he use 

 cross-lines, should mix with his trout-flies a 

 certain number of sober-coloured salmon-flies 



