I have seen salmon killed late in the season 

 with a line almost white and large enough to kill 

 a codfish. This will sometimes happen, bnt I am 

 quite sure the person who accomplished the feat 

 was born under a lucky star. I beg my friends 

 not to try it ; it is not clean fishing, it is not 

 correct fishing. I have also seen a person fishing 

 salmon with a book in one hand, an umbrella over 

 the shoulders, and the rod resting on the knees, 

 evidently waiting for a nibble ; strange to say, the 

 nibble came, the salmon was hooked and killed. 

 This happened in one of my best pools, and pre- 

 vious to the landing of this eccentric fish the pool 

 had been whipped by a person well up in the art 

 without any result It only goes to show that 

 sometimes salmon have whims, like ourselves: 

 coax them, and they wont ; let them alone, 

 and they will. 



When you have finished the day's fishing, 

 always dry the line. This prevents its heating 

 and will make it last longer. Do not wind it 

 around metal, as this is liable to crack the enamel 

 and weaken the line in spots. Large round 

 wooden pegs are the best Once I lost thirty feet 

 of new line and with it a large salmon by 

 leaving it to dry overnight on a rusty nail ; I have 

 since become wiser. 



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