The Complete Angler. 137 



Rivers in this Nation that have 

 'Troufsand Salmon in feafon in win- 

 ter. But for the obfervations of that 

 and many other things, I mull in 

 mannersomit/becaufetheywilprove 

 too large for our narrow compafs of 

 time, and therefore I fhall next fall 

 upon my direction how to fifh for 

 the Salmon. 



And for that, firft, you fhall ob- 

 ferve, that ufually he ftaies not long 

 in a place (as Trouts wil) but (as I 

 faid) covets ftill to go neerer the 

 Spring head; and that he does not 

 (as the Trout and many other fifh) lie 

 neer the water fide or bank, or roots 

 of trees, but fwims ufually in the 

 middle, and neer the ground; and 

 that there you are to fifh for him ; 

 and that he is to be caught as the 

 Trout is, with a Worm, a Minnow, 

 (which fome call a Penke) or with a 

 Fly. 



And you are to obferve, that he is 

 very, very feldom obferved to bite 



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