100 SALMON FISHING. 



many early Salmon rivers a net is almost a sine 

 qua non, and the use of the gaff should be dis- 

 couraged in every way. 







Another important point in Salmon angling is 

 " fishing for a second rise." If a Salmon through 

 his own or the angler's fault has missed the fly, he 

 will, if properly managed, frequently rise a second, 

 and sometimes a third or even a fourth time, and 

 be hooked after all. When a Salmon has risen, 

 instead of immediately throwing again, the best 

 plan is for the angler to sit down quietly on the 

 bank for a few minutes, and then carefully cast 

 over the fish again, beginning a few yards above 

 the actual spot where the rise took place, and 

 bringing the fly gradually down over it. If the 

 fish does not rise, a short interval should be allowed 

 as before, during which the fly should be changed 

 for one of another colour, and afterwards the same 

 process repeated. Some good fishers advise 

 changing the fly the first time of recasting, and a 

 second or even third time afterwards ; but my ex- 

 perience is in favour of the system here described, 

 which is both simpler and less troublesome. If a 

 Salmon will not rise either to the original or to a 

 new fly, the chances are much against his rising 

 again at all at that moment: He may do so, how- 



