SALMON AND SEA TROUT FISHING. #33 



vantage of the centre stock reel is yet more exemplified 

 in the larger tools. The convenient catching place for 

 the loose line, always afforded by^he side-fitting winches, 

 is removed; indeed, we have equal confidence in the 

 centre butt winch doing away with a fertile source of 

 annoyance and loss, as we previously had in respect to 

 the revolving plate, when we perfected that improvment, 

 as compared with the old windlass handle, which is now 

 being discarded in favor of our improvement. A small 

 hole should be pierced in the revolving plates of large 

 reels to admit of oil being inserted when needed. 



How TO USE ROD, REEL and LINE. This is a difficult 

 matter to deal with on paper. Observation and practical 

 instruction are so superior as means for conveying knowl- 

 edge, as compared with mere verbal instruction, that we 

 recommend the novice to make a combination of the 

 two, by placing himself under the guidance of an ex- 

 perienced salmon fisher, if his circle of acquaintance 

 embraces one. 



Long-casting ranks amongst the foremost of the attri- 

 butes to success and proficiency: and when some twenty- 

 five yards can be put out tolerably straight the rodster may 

 congratulate himself upon his having overcome the lead- 

 ing difficulty in the beginner's path. When a cast can 

 be made fairly well, the knack of striking, etc., follows 

 as a natural consequence. This is readily acquired from 

 that best of tutors experience. We have invariably 

 found that if the loss of fish and tackle does not instil 

 knowledge and suggest improvement, other expedients 

 will be equally futile. The rules already laid down for 

 casting in the case of trout and grayling hold good for 

 salmon fishing, though with this difference, that the 

 implements and tackle being of heavier calibre, a greater 

 distance is to be attained by the action and impetus given 

 to the rod and line. Precision is also of equal conse- 

 quence, as the rodster has to cast when the fish are in a 



