148 ANGLING. 



four feet from the end fly, but the best anglers do not. One 

 fly will be found quite enough to manceuvre and manage 

 properly by the tyro in salmon-fishing. 



Ere we proceed to the consideration of the flies them- 

 selves, and the hooks on which they ought to be dressed, 

 perhaps the method of casting a salmon-line and manoeu- 

 vring the flies ought to be considered, as they differ some- 

 what from the ordinary fly-fishing, in consequence of the 

 greater length and weight both of the rod and the line, 

 twenty-five and even thirty yards of line having been 

 frequently thrown by skilled anglers. The best and clear- 

 est directions for salmon-casting are those given by Ephe- 

 mera, a weU-known angler in salmon rivers, and an author 

 of no little repute. He says, — 



" The salmon rod is to be held with both hands, one 

 above, and the other below, the winch. In throwing 

 from the right side, the right hand is to grasp the rod 

 above the winch, the left below it. In casting from 

 the left shoulder, the left hand is to be first, and the 

 right last J that is, it must clutch the rod between the 

 winch and the extreme butt-end of the rod. In fishuig 

 down a river on its right side, th'e left shoulder cast is to 

 be used ; in fishing from the left bank, the right shoulder 

 throw is the proper one. Stand at the head of a stream, 

 looking down it as it runs from you, the bank on your right 

 side is the right-hand bank, that on the left the left-hand 

 shore. In ascending a river, the left-hand bank is on your 

 right side, and the right-hand bank on your left. This ex- 

 planation may be deemed superfluous, but I fancy it wiU 

 enable me hereinafter to be more perspicuous than if I had 

 not given it. 



" X 'U suppose the salmon-fisher coming down the right 



