12 AN ANGLER'S SEASON 



but if it is for salmon exclusively you are 

 trying there, you do not fish with fly. 

 Very early in the year loch salmon, it 

 would seem, either do not look at flies or 

 look at them only to let them alone. 

 Thus some sunken bait called a minnow 

 is practically the only lure that is used on 

 lochs. Fifty or sixty yards off, it spins in 

 the wake of the rowed boat ; the rod lies 

 over the stern ; you sit watching for the 

 violent bending of the top-piece which 

 shall indicate that a fish has been hooked. 

 Crude work ? Well, it certainly leaves 

 the angler with less initiative than he has 

 in trout-fishing ; but it leads to his having 

 plenty to do. 



One has to be alert when there is a 

 salmon on. As salmon in general have 

 no experience in warfare with man and 

 his tackle, we can hardly look upon the 

 actions of the hooked fish as having 

 any definite design ; but, as has been 

 suggested in our account of the first 

 capture on the opening day, some of the 

 actions do seem to be less haphazard than 



