SECRETS OF THE SALMON 



it properly. The drag fly without any hook and 

 on fine gut is used to avoid the danger of taking 

 two salmon at once, which would surely smash the 

 tackle, and also to avoid the probability of getting 

 fast in a snag while playing the fish hooked on 

 the upper fly. The bottom fly simply drags in 

 the water and holds the leader out taut above the 

 water so that the dropper fly can be made to just 

 touch the surface, and the light effects caused by 

 this dribbling as seen by the fish attract him. The 

 best way to cast is to place the line across the 

 stream and hold the rod up, letting the line pull 

 aroimd straight with the dropper just touching the 

 surface. 



Fine gut is used in order to be more invisible 

 to the fish in the current. If the drag should 

 by any chance get fast to a snag or stone, the fine 

 gut will break, and the hooked fish be saved. 



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