DO SALMON HEAR! 



|O salmon hear? This is a question 

 often asked. Kind Nature has allowed 

 them to distinguish sound without 

 burdening them with those horrible 

 appendages, the ears. We all know that a trout 

 will dart forth from beneath the bank as we pass, 

 although he sees us not Here, no doubt, vibration 

 is the cause of his uneasiness, for he certainly did 

 not hear us. Now carefully crawl to the bank 

 without causing any vibration ; then let some one 

 fire a gun quite a distance away. The trout will 

 refuse to take the fly or bait, and sometimes you 

 will see them darting here and there, in a state of 

 anxiety bordering on madness, until they have 

 found some quiet little place in which they feel 

 safe. This time it is not the vibration of the 

 bank, but the noise made by the firing of the gun, 

 which has frightened them. When fishing salmon 

 I have had similar experiences regarding their 

 hearing, which makes me believe they are very 



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