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him in hand, when he made two wild runs- 

 threw himself clean out of the water each time 

 and then went to the bottom like a stone and 

 sulked. 



It took me just under an hour to kill that 

 fish, and I found that he was foul hooked on the 

 side of the head. 



The 42 Ib. fish was a lively one and tired 

 himself out by repeated runs he never got to 

 the bottom and in about fifteen minutes he 

 came to the gaff. 



In addition to the two tyee, I had seven 

 cohoe weighing 46 1 ib., so luck was beginning 

 to turn. 



August 4th was a great day. Four tyee, 

 45, 44|, 42J and 35 1ft. ; one cohoe, 6 Ib. ; 

 one cut-throat trout, 5 Ib., a picture of a fish ; 

 one sea trout, 2 lb., and one cod, 5 Ib. ; all 

 before two o'clock. 



There was a big take in the evening, and I 

 missed it by getting out too late. 



Griswold had five tyee, the largest 47 Ib. ; I 

 came in for the tail end of the take and only 

 picked up eight cohoe, weighing 43J Ib., and 

 one spring salmon, 13 Ib. Total weight for 

 the day : 240|- Ib. 



August 5th. I had two tyee, 45 and 37 Ib., 

 and sixteen cohoe averaging about 6 Ib., and 

 so on day after day, with varying luck and 



