66 SPORT IN VANCOUVER 



One of our number who had killed many a 

 salmon at home, fished with an ordinary 

 18-foot rod. The fish seemed to do what it 

 liked with him, and it generally ended in the 

 rod being lowered till the tip touched the 

 water, and the boat disappearing in tow of the 

 fish, up or down the Straits with the racing 

 tide. 



In fact the fish was being played on the line 

 from the reel without the power of a hand-line. 

 To give him the butt would have inevitably 

 resulted in breaking the rod. Yet this good 

 sportsman sometimes got his fish and came 

 back triumphant, having had him on for a 

 couple of hours. 



The local rods, whether those to be obtained 

 in Vancouver or at the store on the pier at 

 Campbell River, seemed to me most inferior 

 in quality and workmanship, and the same 

 applies to all other tackle, except possibly the 

 leads, which are too heavy to carry about and 

 which can be purchased locally. 



As stated before, I used a three-piece Deeside 

 spinning rod, twelve feet long, built by Black- 

 law of Kincardine — but I must confess that 

 twice my tip was broken by the strain of the 

 weight of a big fish which had to be brought 

 up to the gaff from the bottom of the sea. 



