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they like most other fish, lie near the river's edge, 

 but swim in the deepest parts, and usually in the 

 middle, near the ground. Their prime feeding time 

 is from eight till eleven o'clock in the morning, 

 and from three in the afternoon till sunset. "When 

 on feed Salmon are generally to be found at the foot 

 of a strong stream, which terminates in a whirlpool, 

 or eddy. 



The primary and most important articles with 

 which the angler should be provided, are, a rod, 

 reel, reel-line, cast-line, artificial flies, and various 

 strong' gut bottoms adapted to the different modes 

 of taking Salmon. 



The length of the rod should be from sixteen 

 to twenty feet, which, however, may be regulated 

 according to the breadth of the river in which the 

 angler pursues his amusement. The reel, which 

 should be large, is a most material appendage to 

 the rod, and is made of brass ; it must be constructed 

 with the utmost nicety, and rendered capable of the 

 swiftest circumvolutions. The line, which is to be 

 fastened to the reel, may be composed either of 

 strong silk, or twisted horse hair without knots, 

 and from fifty to eighty yards in length ; at the end 

 of this line must be a loop, to which you can attach 

 a cast line of a convenient length for throwing 

 (say ten or twelve yards), this cast-line must be 



