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pool, especially if there are any large stones or ledges 

 of rock behind which he can shelter himself, or in 

 the boil, just at the foot of the gullet of a stream ; 

 while the eriox more affects deep still pools, with only 

 a moderate current, than those rough surging waters 

 which the immense muscular power of the true salmon 

 alone seems capable of contending against with any 

 degree of ease. Supposing then a candidate for pis- 

 catorial honours in these higher branches of the art 

 presents himself, hat in hand, by the side of a favourite 

 salmon pool ; we would advise him to march up to 

 the head of the stream (we always like to begin at 

 the beginning of everything), and drawing out as 

 much line as he can manage by making a vigorous 

 effort of arms, shoulders, and limbs, all combined, to 

 cast his flies straight across the pool, and deliver them 

 as near to the opposite side as possible. He is then to 

 allow them to sweep gradually round him in the shape 

 of a semicircle, which they will naturally do from the 

 action of the current ; but he must bear in mind, that 

 in place of keeping the flies dangling upon the surface 

 as in trout-fishing, they must be allowed to sink from 

 three to six or eight inches beneath, according to the 

 depth of the water ; and that they are to be gradually 

 drawn towards him at the same time that they are 

 swept round by the current, not with a steady uniform 

 motion as in trout-fishing, but in a series of moderate 

 jerks, precisely as in minnow-spinning drawing the 

 flies through the water, at intervals of a second or 

 two, about a yard at a time, when the tug must be 



