2/4 SALMON AND SEA TROUT FISHING. 



To those anglers who habitually smoke whilst 

 fishing, and their name is legion, we would tender a 

 word of advice. Never carry vesuvians loose in your 

 waistcoat pocket, or you may perchance be troubled 

 with a touch of heartburn externally, as was the 

 experience of the writer on one occasion whilst play- 

 ing a fish from the banks of the Tweed. We had 

 unconsciously given the receptacle of the pipe lights 

 a touch with the butt end of the rod, when the whole 

 ignited, the result of the conflagration being loss of 

 the fish, and the spoliation of certain garments. 



We may here also observe, that when landing a 

 fish with a short-handled gaff upon a high bank over 

 deep water, it is not always safe to be backed with a 

 well-filled creel, for should the creel happen to sud- 

 denly and unexpectedly find its way to the front, 

 why you may feel as we did once, viz., that a cold 

 water plunge is inevitable under the circumstances. 



In salmon as in trout fishing, the location of a fish 

 poised for feeding or perhaps rising, requires often a 

 little reconnoitring. The course of the water in his 

 immediate vicinity should be noted, and the lure 

 presented accordingly. In order to circumvent excep- 

 tionally large fish more particularly, it is by no means 

 advisable to cast haphazard in the vicinity of the fish 

 before the distance is rightly calculated, or the course 

 of the water appreciated. If it is your earnest desire 

 to take the fish seen rising, like an efficient general you 

 must take in the bearing of the situation, with a view 

 to so presenting the lure as to leave nothing wanting 

 in skill and judgment upon the part of the rodster. 



