SOME FISH AND SOME FISHING 



north of Campbell River early in May, but 

 do not appear at the latter place before 

 August 1. 



Most of the amateur fishermen who were 

 enjoying the sport when I was there were 

 sportsmen from England, on their way to 

 Cassiar after big game, who had stopped en 

 route in the hope of taking a fifty-pound 

 salmon. They had every possible kind of 

 rod and tackle, most of it better adapted to 

 fly-fishing than to sea-fishing, for this is sea- 

 fishing pure and simple. I fished with a 

 light striped-bass rod, a Cuttyhunk line, and 

 with three ounces of lead, seven feet from 

 the spoon. The lead is necessary, owing 

 to the strong current, and does not seem 

 to bother the fish, for they are very quick 

 and have great strength. If you give them 

 the butt after their first grand rush, they will 

 generally jump three feet into the air. If 

 you fish with a fly-rod, they never show, 

 and are apt to take all your line before you 

 can stop them. The light-tackle fishermen 

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