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the streams, it is necessary to use stronger tackle 

 than might otherwise be advisable. An instance 

 of the utility of this precaution occurred to the 

 author. In one morning's fishing, five salmon 

 rose at his trout flies, two of which he succeeded 

 in taking ; the largest weighed sixteen pounds 

 and three quarters, and measured two feet nine 

 inches. 



If the back be blue or inclining to black, the 

 fish is in season, but if reddish, approaching to 

 brown, it is kepper and good for nothing. 



Bainbridges Fly Fisher. 



There are great quantities of white salmon in 

 the Volga; they retire up the river to spawn, 

 from January to June : they are from twenty to 

 thirty pounds in weight, and from three to four 

 feet long. Pallas' Voyage. 



Killarney Method of cooking Salmon. The 

 salmon, as soon as caught, to be cut into slices, 

 which are split, and a strong skewer of arbutus 

 run through each, as close to the skin as pos- 

 sible ; these skewers are then stuck upright 

 in a sod of turf before a clear wood fire, and 

 constantly turned and basted with salt and water, 

 the fish, when sufficiently roasted, is served up 

 on the skewers, which are supposed to communi- 

 cate a peculiar aromatic flavour this method of 

 dressing salmon is decidedly better than any other. 



Angler in Ireland. 



