68 OBSERVATIONS ON A SALMON RIVER 



I was laughed at by the canoeman but, 

 being more of a fisherman than an angler 

 and having no prejudices, I insisted. 



When we reached the pool we found the 

 water very high and running strong. I 

 could hear the small stones rolling along the 

 bottom of the pool, and the partly sub- 

 merged branches of the bushes on the banks 

 were dancing back and forth as the current 

 swept by. 



The canoeman said: " There ain't no fish 

 in this pool; don't you hear the stones a- 

 rolling? " I replied that they must be 

 somewhere about the pool as I saw no salmon 

 on the bank and that fish were not known to 

 climb trees. 



The killig was dropped close to the bushes 

 at the edge of the pool and, casting a well 

 " doped " fly down-stream, I rose, hooked, 

 and landed three salmon of 12, 26 and 35 

 pounds, the only fish taken on the river that 

 day. 



The canoe could not be moved about 

 owing to the rapid current and, as I was 



