A MARCH SALMON 57 



in 1914, I summed matters up statistically 

 for one whose chances of salmon-fishing are 

 occasional : 



Per cent. 



Luck 50 



Gillie 20 



Flies and tackle . . . . . . 20 



Skill 10 



100 



Far above all else in salmon-fishing, as in 

 war, comes persistent endurance in the face 

 of discouragement. Persistent endurance is far 

 easier to achieve in salmon-fishing than it is 

 in war, because you are spared the long periods 

 of deadly monotony. Every pool differs from 

 every other, and itself varies from day to day 

 with the weather and the head of water. You 

 get a constant change of scene as you move 

 from one pool to another, and fresh delight 

 in the glories of familiar but always new sur- 

 roundings. And if you mean to succeed, there 

 is that one little bit of advice that transcends 

 all others in importance : " Keep your fly 

 in the water." For those on economy bent, 

 either because of emptiness of pocket or of 

 reluctance to deplete a full one, there remains 

 the old precept : Never economize in gut. 

 Be sure to use the very best. The feeling that 



