SALMON FISHING. I 1 9 



(smoked to prevent their glittering) are 

 most convenient for this purpose, and 

 they should be attached to the main 

 trace, about two feet above the hooks, 

 by means of a horsehair loop, which 

 will both admit of a ready change of 

 leads, to suit the varying depths of the 

 different casts, and, where a " foul " 

 occurs, which it frequently does, will, as 

 a last resort, break at a less strain than 

 the main line, and thus save the latter. 

 The lob-worm should be put on quite 

 straight, like a Trout worm, the upper 

 hook near the knot, and the tail hook 

 lower down. The thicker the hooks are 

 in the wire the better. The stroke, a 

 gentle one, should follow immediately 

 on a bite, or more often on a suspicious 

 stoppage being perceived. 



I have repeatedly caught Salmon with this 

 tackle in bright sun, and in the clearest and finest 

 water, and after all other methods of fishing, in- 

 cluding the ordinary worm practice, had failed ; a 

 slightly clouded water is, however, best. It is of 

 course most important, especially in the former 

 case, that the angler should carefully keep out of 



