FISHING FOR TROUT AND SALMON. 155 



The best results are had by fishing on rainy, blustery days, 

 and on clear days it is not much use fishing except in evening 

 and morning. Give them plenty of time and cover the water 

 thoroughly. Work the fly continually until you are ready 

 to retrieve the cast ; then pause an instant, for sometimes a 

 fish follows the fly some distance waiting for it to stop. In 

 case of a rise don't strike too quickly as the salmon takes 

 the fly when going down and not on the rise like the brook 

 trout. If you miss a fish continue fishing on down the pool 

 and in about fifteen minutes come back and commence casting 

 again at the head of the pool, working down as before. 

 It will be necessary to have a guide or other person to gaff 

 the catch. 



The Pacific salmon is a different fish and is commonly 

 looked on as a commercial food fish. There are a number 

 of species but the Quinnat salmon is the most important and 

 resembles the Atlantic salmon very much, though it is quite 

 a bit larger, sometimes reaching a weight of 100 pounds, 

 though the average weight is about twenty. With hook and 

 line these fish are caught mainly in the sea, as the rivers 

 are swift and as a rule the water discolored. They do not 

 rise well to a fly, .though they can be taken in that way. 

 The most of those caught with hook and line are taken by 

 trolling. They are also caught by baiting with salmon roe. 

 Good salmon fishing may be had all along the northwest coast, 

 and especially on Vancouver Island and the salt water to 

 the north. 



Another fish which the old time naturalists classed with 

 the salmon, but which are now considered as a separate 

 family are the graylings. In this country there are three 

 species, the Arctic grayling, the Montana grayling and the 

 Michigan grayling. The latter is now extinct, or nearly so. 

 The Arctic grayling is generally considered the parent fish, 

 in this country, and it is thought that those of Montana 

 and Michigan were carried south from far northern Canada 



