157 



In fishing for salmon with lob-worms, two or 

 three, according to their size, ought to be placed 

 upon the hook, which ought to be cast up the 

 stream and worked gently down with the current, 

 according to the strength of which the line is to be 

 shotted. When spinning a minnow, or fishing with 

 the worm for salmon, it is customary to use a 

 stiffer top-piece than in fishing fly. When a salmon 

 is hooked by either of the former methods, he is 

 to be managed in the same manner as in fly-fish- 

 ing. There is no rod or tackle, that we have ever 

 seen, which will enable an angler to throw a sal- 

 mon of twenty pounds weight, over his head, as he 

 would whisk out a trout when shade-fishing. The 

 best time of the day for salmon-fishing is from six 

 in the morning till eleven in the forenoon, and from 

 four in the afternoon till dusk ; but when the water 

 and weather are favorable, they may be angled for 

 at any hour between sun-rise and sun-set. The 

 angler who in one day has the skill and good for- 

 tune to land four salmon, each upwards of seven 

 pounds, though he may have toiled for them from 

 dawn till evening, has no just cause to grumble, and to 

 represent the water as not worth fishing. An amateur 

 angler, who has thrice in the course of ten years 

 taken eight salmon in one day, is entitled to give 

 a minute detail of each day's proceedings, and catch 

 his salmon over again, in all companies, social, 

 philosophical, or literary. Before taking leave of 

 the salmon, we beg to correct an error of the press 



