SECRETS OF THE SALMON 



It is while the fly is rising that the salmon will 

 probably take it. If you see fish follow the fly 

 and not take it you may make up your mind that 

 the fly is too large or the leader too heavy, or the 

 fly is not pulled at the right speed. Change first 

 one and then the other and see where the trouble 

 is. If the salmon follows the fly he wants it and 

 will take it if the fly and leader and speed are 

 right. 



The use of a dry fly on a still water is far more 

 difficult. After carefully greasing the line and 

 leader with deer's fat cast out where you can see 

 the fish or have seen one rise, and let the fly rest 

 on the water a few seconds and then give the fine 

 a slight pull to make the fly move just a little as if 

 the insect was going to rise and fly away. If this 

 does not bring a fish draw the fly slowly over the 

 water a little way and let it stop, then move a 

 little and draw it in under the water rather fast. 

 If the fish will take a dry fly at all these tactics are 

 sure to raise one. Recently on the Kedgewick 

 at Conner's Hole at the end of the season in August, 

 there were a considerable number of salmon col- 

 lected. When we arrived, several were rising at 

 a time and it looked easy to get them with a dry 

 fly. An hour's trial failed to raise a single fish. 



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