NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLY-FISHING. 463 
sight. The young angler should not, however, follow his 
lure too closely with his eye, or he will be apt to strike 
when the fish rises at it; whereas, he should always depend 
upon the sense of touch before he raises his rod, whieh is 
the only motion to be adopted. Sharp striking, as in 
trout-fishing, is wholly reprehensible; and all that is 
required is the instinctive stand which it is impossible to 
avoid making against the fish as he seizes the fly, to run 
away with it. Sometimes, however, it is found difficult, 
or even impossible, to tempt the salmon into actually 
seizing the fly; they will rise at it again and again, but 
from some cause or other refuse to take it into their jaws. 
In this case it must be changed until one is found to suit 
their fancy, but the change need not be made until the 
same fly has been tried two or three times unsuccessfully. 
Patience and perseverance, with skill and science, will here 
be required, and will always be served in the long run. 
In. playing the salmon, greater art is required than in 
the corresponding department of trout-fishing; and, in 
consequence, nearly one third of ail the fish hooked escape 
before they are landed. This arises generally from imper- 
fect hooking, but often also from defect in the tackle, 
which has escaped the notice of the angler. Besides 
these causes of danger, there are others depending upon 
the direction taken by the fish, which cannot always be 
followed by the angler, either from the depth of the water 
in large rivers, or from mechanical causes in the shape of 
rocks, woods, &c., where the stream is smaller. When 
hooked, the first thing to be done is to raise the point of 
the rod, commonly called “ giving the fish the butt,” which 
