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ly, so as to control the salmon, if he 
rise; meanwhile, wriggle the rod to 
give life to the fly. 
When the salmon rises and misses 
the fly, hold the rod stationary, and 
draw the fly toward you by pulling 
the line through the guides by hand, 
without employing the reel, and before 
raising the rod for the cast. This 
has often provoked a rise, but its prac- 
tice has caused many a mishap. 
When you cast, in shore fishing, 
hold your position until you are about 
to withdraw the line for the next 
throw, then move downward and cast. 
Do not move until the cast is finished, 
as it will cause slack or bagging in 
the line. 
Mark the exact spot where you 
stand when the salmon rises and 
misses, and if you are unsuccessful in 
re-raising the fish, return in half an 
hour or so and try the fly that induced 
the rise. 
When the salmon rises and misses 
the fly, maintain your place, shorten 
the line by withdrawing it through the 
guides without reeling, hold it firmly 
and cast, gradually letting out line un- 
til you cover the water where the rise 
was. Thus you safely meet the 
contention that the salmon lurches for- 
ward when it rises and misses, and the 
other, that the salmon sags back to the 
former position whence the rise was 
made. This indeed requires a skilled 
angler, since it is fundamental that 
there shall be no slack, or line not 
in immediate use between the reel and 
the fly, when the cast is made. 
Angling from the canoe disturbs the 
salmon in their resting place, as the 
boat passes over them; while wading 
along the margin, and thence casting, 
scarce sends a ripple across the pool. 
Whether you angle from the canoe 
or from the shore, move quietly and 
deliberately, with the least possible 
noise and disturbance of the water. 
In casting for salmon above or be- 
low rocks let this rule obtain: The 
angler must make due allowance for 
the fish lying above the cut-water of 
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the rock. The angler should assume 
that the fish is not lying in the eddy, 
boil or neutral water below the rock. 
After you have unsuccessfully cast 
down the pool, try backing up before 
you leave. Cast diagonally across the 
pool, and immediately, but with great 
deliberation, take 2 or 3 steps up the 
pool, carefully noting the fly as it 
sweeps across, and continue until you 
have reached the head of the water. 
When all expedients have failed to 
provoke a rise, try a dragging fly, 
slowly drifting down the stream or 
suffered to sink from line freed by 
the hand; but recover forcefully, not 
yielding an inch when the straighten- 
ing line shows that the salmon has 
taken the fly deep under water with- 
out a roll or ripple to betray the rise. 
Another resort of the desperate, 
clinging to the hope of one more last 
cast, is to cast straight across the pool 
and slowly reel in the line; but quickly 
must you release the winch when you 
feel the pluck or see the rise. 
Have a care against this awkward 
moment: The swift movement of the 
fly as it is withdrawn for the cast 
often brings a savage rise, but the rod 
tears the fly from the salmon’s mouth. 
This theory have I tested to prac- 
tical results: 
When the salmon makes false rises, 
note well the resting place of the sal- 
mon, the angle of the cast as it lines 
out, and the point the fly reaches when 
the rise is seen, 
A strike then, similar to trout work, 
will often hook the salmon. 
You will perceive from the last prac- 
tice, ground for the supposition that 
the salmon takes the fly and expels it 
in play in the so-called false rises. 
If salmon repeatedly rise at, play 
around, follow or are pricked or rug- 
ged by the fly without being hooked, 
it is not unreasonable to assume that 
the fly is too big, and a smaller one 
should be tried. 
Often carefully, while casting, ex- 
amine your barbs, for when you have 
lost a fish, you then may note a fang- 
