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of his first sixty-nine fish, according to the author- 

 ity quoted, being eleven hundred and thirty-three 

 pounds, or an average of sixteen pounds each. 

 The smallest fish weighed two pounds, the largest 

 fifty-four; and that Mr. Whitney's methods are 

 eminently successful it need only be said that his 

 catch to date numbers four hundred salmon. 

 Such are typical outfits by well-known anglers 

 who have fished these waters for years, and many 

 others may be seen on the grounds ; all of which 

 points to the moral that the typical fly-casting 

 salmon rod is out of place. 



Thus equipped, we may steal out of Monterey 

 some morning before daylight, tool down the 

 seventeen-mile drive to the melody of the surf as 

 it piles in upon the rocks, finally reaching Carmel 

 Bay before sunrise, or just as the sun is coming up 

 over the distant Sierras, a ball of crimson. We 

 have made arrangements for a boat, and the boat- 

 man is waiting; and in a few moments we are 

 drifting over as fair a sheet of water as I have 

 seen, one that with the charming surroundings 

 must appeal to the most phlegmatic nature. The 

 open bay is like a lake, save where some affrighted 

 anchovies are rushing, or some vagrant finny sun- 

 worshipper rises in air to greet its mistress. A 



