SECRETS OF THE SALMON 



fish he wants to catch. He must be able to fish 

 low clear water and still pools and sluggish fish 

 as well as rushing waters and hungry salmon. 

 There are low clear waters early in the season some 

 years and high water and almost spring conditions 

 in August in other years. Recently on the Resti- 

 gouche— after the lowest water and hardest kind 

 of fishing — a rain raised the river so that the 

 very last day of the season was by far the best 

 day of the season for sport. Salmon took a fly as 

 greedily as they ever do in the spring and there 

 were many more fish in the river. The fisherman 

 could catch just as many fish as he wished; there 

 never was a better day. Wet flies of course were 

 the best tackle, whereas they had been useless for 

 the previous five weeks. It is for these reasons 

 that I have written out my experiences in taking 

 salmon under all conditions, so that my brother 

 anglers can always have good sport if there are 

 fish enough to make it, no matter what the weather 

 may be. It is your duty, brother angler, to equip 

 yourself with suitable tackle, and become proficient 

 in casting, and to observe all you can on the stream. 

 If you do not catch salmon when they are in your 

 water it is your own fault, and not due to any 

 other cause; you have only learned part of your 



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