iv Contents. 



ing — GaflBng from Bank. Clothing: Clothing for Daily Use 

 — Hat — Water-proof Clothing — Waders. Black Flibs and In- 

 sect Pests on Salmon-streams, and Defensive Measures against 

 them Page 65 



CHAPTER V. 



Flees : Experiments to Determine how they appear to Salmon — 

 "Visibility of Various Types of Flies, and Varieties of Fly-tying 

 Material — How Objects in the Water appear to Fish — Rules for 

 Selection of Flies on the Stream — Effect of Motion of Rod on 

 Appearance of Fly — Directions for Selection of Stock of Flies at 

 Home. Hooks ■ Rules for Selection of — The Same applied to 

 Various Patterns of— Pennell-hooks— Eyed-hooks .... 89 



CHAPTER VI. 



Casting the Fly : Casting for Trout and Salmon Compared and 

 Distinguished — How to Cast with a Salmon-rod — The Over- 

 head Cast — The Switch Cast. Catching the Fish : Visibility 

 of Objects above the Water to Pish — Timidity of Trout and Salm- 

 on Compared — Why Salmon take the Fly — Where to Cast — 

 Haunts of Salmon — Salmon-pools — Fishing from Bank — Manip- 

 ulation of Fly — Effect of Current on Action of Fly — I'ishing 

 from Canoe — Manipulation of Fly — Striking — Method of Strik- 

 ing Trout and Salmon Radically Different — Advantages of a 

 Good Rod — Manner in which Trout and Salmon take the Fly 

 Compared — Keep your Hands off the Lino when the Fly is on 

 the Water— Rising Short — Playing a Salmon— Conduct of Salm- 

 on when Fastened— How to Fish for Salmon, a Recapitulation 

 in Narrative Form . , . 115 



