38 OBSERVATIONS ON A SALMON RIVER 



enters a river he still feels hungry and has 

 not forgotten the feeding habit? He may 

 have a craving for food yet be unable to 

 retain it. This craving may cease after a 

 time yet a rise of water and a change of pool 

 may renew it. The " slink " is supposed to 

 have been in the river for a year, yet he 

 surely shows plenty of " craving." 



It is said that salmon are more aggressive 

 than voracious and that it is anger, annoy- 

 ance, or playfulness that makes them rise 

 to a fly. I have seen them pursue a fly as 

 if in hunger and when they could not be 

 denied. 



All anglers will admit that salmon take 

 more readily during the " magic hour " than 

 at any other time. It is quite possible that 

 they may have a preference as to their 

 favorite hour to feed, but is it probable that 

 they are more apt to be annoyed or angry 

 at sundown than at any other hour of the 

 day? 



