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One American tarpon fisher, Mr. Griswold, a 

 true sportsman too, followed this method and 

 naturally defended it. I do not in any way 

 criticize his methods, I only felt they did not 

 appeal to me. It is true I have seen him kill 

 three fish while I was killing one, but I did not 

 feel at all envious. 



Generous to a degree, he more than once 

 offered to fit me out and instruct me in the art 

 of " pumping " fish, but though much tempted, 

 I did not fall. Had I succumbed, I much fear 

 I should have become an ardent advocate of 

 tarpon methods applied to tyee salmon. 



On the other hand, to fish for tyee with a 

 highly finished 18-foot split cane, or other make 

 of rod, seemed to me out of place. There were 

 some who did it and gloried in the fact that 

 they had caught a great tyee on an ordinary 

 home salmon rod. 



It seemed to me a waste of good material, 

 for the rod was likely to be broken or perma- 

 nently strained in the process of lifting a great 

 fish from the depths of the sea — for after one 

 or two rushes taking out 100 to 150 yards of 

 line, the tyee will often go straight down to the 

 bottom, stand on his head and sulk, and then 

 you want that power to bring him up which only 

 a very stiff rod possesses. 



