74 OBSERVATIONS ON A SALMON RIVER 



must float well up on the water and be a 

 real dry-fly. The line and cast are made to 

 float by an application of deer's fat and the 

 fly is oiled with a mixture of equal parts of 

 albolene and kerosene. 



The trout cast used should be at least fif- 

 teen feet in length and should pull from 

 three to four pounds. The rod used is 10 

 feet 6 inches long and weighs about 7 ounces. 



In this manner it is possible to take 

 salmon in low water from mirrorlike pools 

 where no fish have ever been known to rise 

 to legitimate salmon flies. 



The above mentioned methods are those 

 employed by Mr. Edward R. Hewitt, who 

 is a most skillful dry-fly fisherman. In this 

 manner he and five friends took 40 fish in 

 one day from a pool at Kedgewick on the 

 Restigouche River last June. These waters 

 had been fished blank during the six preced- 

 ing days, although the fish were there in 

 great numbers, but, owing to the low and 

 clear water, they had refused to rise to any 

 known salmon fly. 



