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the Spray, and all other rivers where Salmon 

 frequent. They delight in the most swift 

 and rapid streams, where no other fish is 

 able to abide. 



You may angle for them at any time of 

 the year ; early in the spring they bite in 

 sharp streams, where there is plenty of gra- 

 vel, or wood, and very near the sides of 

 rivers: the best baits are brandlings, gilt- 

 tails, earth-bobs, and gentles; and from 

 the middle of March to the middle of Octo- 

 ber, for your flies use the following, viz. the 

 black, dun, brown, grey, and green or yellow 

 gnat. After a hot day in summer, they al- 

 ways make to very shallow places in the even- 

 ing, or the sides of large sand banks, where, 

 with as small a fly as can be made, and 

 pointed with a very small gentle, you may 

 have excellent sport ; use about two yards of 

 the best single hair at the bottom of your 

 line, and if you fish at ground give him time 

 and you will be sure to take him. When 

 you dress these fish, take the guts out at the 



