CHAPTER XIII. 

 SALMON-FISHING. 



TACKLE USED IN SALMON-FISHING. Rods. Reels. Reel-lines. Casting- 

 lines. Salmon-flies. Materials required for Salmon-flies for American 

 rivers. Salmon-Flies for the rivers of New Brunswick and Canada. 

 Theory and practice of Salmon-fishing. Salmon-fishing compared with 

 Trout-fishing. Casting the fly. The straight-forward cast, casting over 

 the left shoulder, casting in difficult places, explained by diagrams. 

 Casting in an unfavorable wind. Striking. Playing a Salmon. What 

 a Salmon will do or may do. Gaffing. 



CAMPING ON THE RIVER. Camp equipage. Protection against mos- 

 quitoes, black-flies, and midges. Clothing, &c. Cooking utensils. 

 Stores. Cooking Salmon on the river. To boil a Salmon. To broil a 

 Salmon. Cold Salmon. Soused Salmon. To bake or steam a Grilse 

 under the coals and ashes. Kippered Salmon. Smoked Salmon. Law 



and Custom on the river. 



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TACKLE FOR SALMON-FISHING. 



RODS. A Salmon-rod should be of the toughest and most 

 springy wood that can be procured. It should taper so truly, 

 that its elasticity, or rather its tendency to bend, will be dis- 

 tributed over its whole length, though in a diminishing ratio 

 from the point of the tip to the place where it is grasped 

 above the reel. In a rod of true proportions, the greater the 

 power applied or the weight it has to bear, the nearer will 

 the apex of the curve caused by lifting the weight approach 



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