THE FLY FISHER'S GUIDE. 59 



ventured to copy from the Edinburgh Encyclo- 

 paedia. Under the article Angling is observed, 

 " It is most common, before a person becomes a 

 salmon angler, that he has passed his noviciate 

 in trout fishing ; yet even then he will require a 

 few instructions for the prosecution of this more 

 important and delightful branch of angling. 



cc Composure, patience, and perseverance, are 

 indispensible qualifications for all the followers 

 of this art, but more especially for the salmon 

 angler. He must lay his account with frequently 

 beating the waters in vain exertion, in being long 

 wet and weary, ere he can (to use the fisher^s 

 expression) move a fin ; and when he does, to 

 be perhaps then only mocked with a wanton rise, 

 or a false bite ; or should he at last prevail in 

 luring the salmon to his fly, and after working 

 and playing him through many streams and 

 through many pools, he brings him within his 

 reach, and then thinks he is to take possession 

 of his prize, in a moment the tackle snaps, and 

 all is gone. Such, with many other disappoint- 



