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him in hand, when he made two wild runs — 

 threw himself clean out of the water each time 

 and then went to the bottom like a stone and 

 sulked. 



It took me just under an hour to kill that 

 fish, and I found that he was foul hooked on the 

 side of the head. 



The 42 ife. fish was a lively one and tired 

 himself out by repeated runs — he never got to 

 the bottom and in about fifteen minutes he 

 came to the gaff. 



In addition to the two tyee, I had seven 

 cohoe weighing 46J lb., so luck was beginning 

 to turn. 



August 4th was a great day. Four tyee, 

 45, 44 J, 42 J and 35 fb. ; one cohoe, 6 lb.; 

 one cut-throat trout, 5 tb., a picture of a fish ; 

 one sea trout, 2 ft., and one cod, 5 lb. ; all 

 before two o'clock. 



There was a big take in the evening, and I 

 missed it by getting out too late. 



Griswold had five tyee, the largest 47 lb. ; I 

 came in for the tail end of the take and only 

 picked up eight cohoe, weighing 43| tb., and 

 one spring salmon, 13 tb. Total weight for 

 the day : 240i tb. 



August 5th. I had two tyee, 45 and 37 tb., 

 and sixteen cohoe averaging about 6 tb., and 

 so on day after day, with varying luck and 



