THE ROCKS 



OCKS afford a resting-place for salmon 

 on their way up the river, and if there 

 are none in the pools you are fishing, 

 do not fail to have some put in. In 

 deep, swift water I have been very successful 

 where formerly without the rocks I failed to get 

 even a rise, and late in the season salmon have 

 been seen lying behind these very same rocks. I 

 have always had good results by placing them 

 near the shore in three or four feet of water; 

 the only difficulty in shallow water is, they are 

 apt to be swept away by the ice-jam as it moves 

 down the river in the spring. Only a few rocks 

 are necessary for each pool. Do not place them in 

 lino with each other, but scatter them over the 

 bottom about thirty or forty feet apart. Should 

 the pool be small, two or three are sufficient. If 

 more are put in, it is liable to be ruined, because, 

 lying close together, they cause a whirling motion 

 at the bottom, and salmon very seldom rest in this 

 kind of water. 



97 



