60 THE SALMON FISHER. 



<leep. Many young anglers rise a great many fish 

 and fail to hook them. Even some long experienced 

 anglers get into this habit and never get out of it- 

 'The reason of this is, they cast too straight across 

 the stream and keep the point of the rod too high. 

 The fly travels round too fast, and the fish make a 

 dash at it and fail to catch it. The fly should go 

 straight out, the cast should be made well down the 

 river, and the point of the rod kept nearly touching 

 the water, and the fly allowed to sink well down. 

 The rod should be worked slowly when the fly has 

 nearly come over the cast." 



And this reminds me that ever since land-locked 

 salmon came into the angler's category of game fish, 

 a great deal of dissatisfaction has been expressed in 

 all quarters, because they are so seldom tempted to 

 rise to a fly. Selections from the best favorites have 

 ^proved almost failures, and, indeed, excepting in May, 

 when smelts are running, land-locked salmon have 

 ~been wiped off the spring list of acceptable game 

 iishes. Now, without intending to air any consum- 

 mate knowledge of the habits and caprices of this 

 most reputable denizen of some of our best inland 



