160 SALMONIA. [SIXTH DAY. 



which you will not guess at ; for, when the tide was 

 falling, the fish ceased to rise at the fly, and I thought 

 of trying them with a bait ; so we sent for our swivel 

 tackle, and put parr or samlet on our hooks, as we 

 bait for pike cutting off one ventral fin on one side, 

 and one pectoral fin on the other; and making the 

 parr spin in the most rapid streams, we had several 

 runs from fish, and it was in this way that Poietes 

 caught this large sea trout, which gave excellent sport. 



HAL. This kind of fishing is not uncommon. I 

 have often caught salmon in the Tay, fishing with 

 parrs ; but though the fish ran at the bait, when they 

 would not rise at the fly while the tide was ebbing, 

 they would have taken the parr better still while it was 

 flowing. 



PHYS. From my experience to-day, I conclude the 

 salmon has habits different from the trout; for I 

 think the fish which broke my hook rose again at the 

 artificial fly in the same place. 



HAL. I think you are mistaken. Salmon are 

 usually shyer even than trout, and I never knew one 

 in this season, that had been pricked even slightly, 

 rise again at the artificial fly in the same pool. I 

 should say, that their habits are precisely the same, 

 but with more sagacity on the side of the salmon. It 

 must have been another fish that rose at your fly in 

 the same place. After such severe discipline, I do 



