When fishing from a canoe, a fifteen-foot rod is 

 long enough even fourteen feet will answer, but 

 I do not advise using one of a shorter length, be- 

 cause with a very short rod you have no control of 

 either fish or line. I have tried one of ten feet, 

 but it gave me no sport, for I was continually 

 chasing the fish up and down the river before tir- 

 ing him sufficiently for the gaff. 



I have heard of salmon being taken on a six- 

 ounce trout-rod, and the reel holding no more 

 than twenty-five yards of line. It sounds like a 

 fairy tale, but any one who can throw a good fly and 

 is fortunate enough to have the salmon remain in 1 1 it- 

 same pool can easily accomplish the feat ; however, 

 should the fish decide to go back to his beautiful 

 sea, he is likely to carry everything with him. As 

 this style of angling is a question of luck rather 

 than of skill, I do not think it should be practised 

 by the salmon-angler. 



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