ADVICE ABOUT FISHING 



He should then learn to cast really well with both a 

 double and single handed rod; both are necessary 

 and neither will fish all kinds of water properly. 

 All the varieties of casts must be learned on ac- 

 count of obstacles behind which must be avoided. 

 It is here that skill becomes valuable. A high 

 back line is absolutely necessary, as explained in 

 the chapter on casting. 



There is no royal road to getting good salmon 

 fishing continually. It requires genuine skill and 

 perseverance, hard study and observation. A 

 good salmon fisherman is the result of years of hard 

 work and it is this which gives the sport its unique 

 fascination. The degree of skill and knowledge 

 required is far greater than any other form of fish- 

 ing and the difference between the good angler 

 and the poor one is more marked than even in 

 trout fishing, where there are always a certain 

 number of what I call suicide trout which will 

 take any fly or bait offered in any way. This is 

 not true of salmon when they are hard to catch; 

 there are no suicide salmon, they are an unknown 

 species. The angler must give him what he wants 

 or go home empty handed. For this reason the 

 salmon fisherman should go on his trip prepared 

 for every kind of water and every mood of the 



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