98 SALMON FISHING. 



Having mastered this point, the tyro who knows 

 anything of Trout-fishing will find that there is 

 very little to learn in the art of Salmon-fishing 

 which a few hours' practice under a good master 

 will not suffice to teach him. The principles of 

 casting and working the fly are in fact almost 

 identical, allowing for the difference in size and 

 weight of the tackle employed. All the move- 

 ments, that is to say, and particularly that given to 

 the fly in the water, are somewhat slower than in 

 Trout-fishing. The method of casting the prin- 

 ciples which should guide the Salmon-fisher in 

 selecting the size of his fly the general condition 

 of wind, weather, &c. are also similar, and for all 

 these the reader is referred to the observations on 

 Trout-fishing. 



Salmon, however, depend more on the condition 

 of the water than do Trout, and there are many 

 rivers in which the chances of taking a fish are 

 almost nil, unless there is a " fresh" in the river. 



As regards the " where" to fish for Salmon in 

 any given river, this can only be acquired by local 

 experience. Sometimes what to the natural man 

 appears a most lovely cast, hardly holds a fish from 

 one end of the season to the other, whilst in the 

 uninviting lagoon-like looking hole below, a rise 



