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its cousin, that you have cast flies for in some 

 Eastern pool, but a deeper sulker, a down-plunger, 

 as there is water in which to plunge, calling to 

 mind the yellowtail, and illustrating the point that 

 almost any fish when hooked will " sound " if the 

 water is deep; and I venture the statement that 

 if tarpon were not taken in shallow water they 

 would not leap so well or so continuously. They 

 leap partly because they cannot go down to any 

 great depth; and if the tuna could be taken in 

 water twenty feet deep I am confident that it 

 would dash into the air and take its place with 

 the ten-pounder, tarpon, leaping shark, black 

 bass, kingfish, and others which leap at the 

 strike. Mr. H. Gray Griswold endeavored to test 

 this with the tuna by towing one into shallow 

 water, but doubtless the fish by this time was too 

 fatigued to leap. 



Our sulking salmon is raised by pumping and 

 other means, and when it nears the surface bears 

 off, running and making a gallant fight. But 

 possibly a soup$on of disappointment enters the 

 soul of the angler at the few leaps of the salmon, 

 but wait. As the noble fish comes up and the 

 gaffer fingers his weapon, the salmon springs into 

 activity, the reel screams ze-e-e-e-e-e-e-e-e, a long 



