404 THE SALMON FLY. 



banking a "grubber " you will find the hook inserted in a bone or very 

 close to one. 



It is chiefly owing to this circumstance that I recommended double 

 hooks for these situations. Never once has a " stone-grubber " beaten me 

 when thus appointed. In saying this, I am fully alive to the fact that 

 other authorities will disagree with me. Only yesterday (12th August, 

 1893), I read an article in a London paper, wherein the writer seemed 

 satisfied of their superiority, but condemned them altogether for use in 

 rapids. 



In my opinion, any hook improperly managed will " skirt " or make 

 an objectionable fuss in rapid water. Holland's hooks,- made by William 

 Bartleet and Sons, are the least likely to do so, whilst in untutored hands 

 double hooks are certain to " skirt " ; and, in rapids, this defect would be 

 noticed directly. But let the reader understand that, the places where 

 the expert himself would be puzzled to use a double-hooked fly correctly, 

 are the very places in which the fish never rest. 



Times out of number have I been driven to cast beyond a Salmon 

 lying in the wake of a boulder, and 011 seeing the fly "skirt" have 

 "mended the cast," lowered the point of the rod, letting it go forward 

 instead of holding it still, and so succeeded in presenting the fly to 

 the fish, in a way, which, at any rate, gave me satisfaction. But 

 I take this as a very insignificant detail in comparison with others 

 bearing on the question of Rapids, as, for instance, " garreting." I will 

 briefly explain and deal more fully with the subject in the next chapter. 



Kivers are " garreted " (as it is called) for the purpose of forming 

 artificial catches. (The term " catch," so written, differs from a Catch or 

 Cast which may contain several " catches," " lay-byes," or " holds." It 

 denotes a certain spot, or place, in which, according to its dimensions, 

 one or more Salmon will rest for a time as they ascend the river.) 



These "garrets" are often constructed with piles shod with iron, 

 boarded in front, and backed up with large stones by way of extra support. 

 The angle at which the piles are driven entirely depends upon the force of 

 water in flood time. For example, if put too slanting, the object desired, 

 which, obviously, is to wash out a portion of the bed of the river below 

 and create a holding place, would be defeated, let the bed of the river be 



