Salmon-fishing — Catching the Fish. 137 



looks for his orders, and with whom alone he will con- 

 verse, unless directly addressed. 



The canoe is pushed from the bank. The gaffer con- 

 sults his employer as to the pools which are disengaged, 

 and advises him, in the absence of positive orders, which 

 one to try first. 



When the hedd of the pool is reached the gaffer 

 directs his subordinate to anchor; which being done as 

 quietly as possible, he seats himself on the bottom of the 

 canoe so as to be out of the angler's way, facing its 

 stern. A few moments should be suffered to elapse for 

 any alarm occasioned by the approach of the canoe to 

 subside — an interval very appropriate to freshly charging 

 and lighting the pipe of him that smokes. 



Studying the current as before, and being guided by 

 the same general principles, we will assume that the 

 current permits the first cast to be delivered almost at a 

 right angle to the canoe. 



In the following diagram the arrow shows the direc- 

 tion of the current; A is the angler, S the gaffer, and 

 C the subordinate. ^ Z> is the position of the rod at 

 the completion of the first cast, and ^ where the fly then 

 lights. The rod is retained in that position, with the tip 

 a little, and but a little, elevated above the horizontal, 

 until the current has swept the fiy to F, during which 

 the tip is vibrated as before if the angler adopts that 

 method of displaying his fly. 



When the fly reaches F the rod is shifted to the po- 

 sition A G, and vibrated until the fly reaches H. The 

 fly has thus traversed the pool from F to S, and the 

 first cast is complete. Since the casting was toward the 

 left, the rod was thrown behind over the right shoulder. 



