SALMON FISHING. I I 5 



(not stroke) inwards, which drives it home. 

 Snatching, diving, and striking at Salmon with the 

 gaff result in frequent hitchings of the line, and 

 abortive scratches and cuts being inflicted on the 

 fish, which, though impotent for purposes of cap- 

 ture, yet produce sufficient smart to frighten him 

 into a final and despairing rush, which is frequently 

 fatal, I mean to the basket. So obstinately stupid 

 on this point are often even professional attendants, 

 that I have frequently gaffed my Salmon myself 

 with one hand, holding the rod in the other, rather 

 than entrust either to their tender mercies. 



HOOKS. 



In the shape, weight, and especially in the 

 strength of the larger sizes of my pattern of hooks, 

 described at page 42, I have had particular regard 

 to the requirements of the -Salmon-fisher, and I 

 believe these hooks will be found to combine these 

 essentials in a greater degree than any of the 

 existing patterns. 



WORM-FISHING FOR SALMON. 



The observations elsewhere offered on the dif- 

 ferences of water and season for using the spinning 

 bait for Salmon in different localities, apply 



