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ing, and that in each case of breakage his tackle 
was faulty. 
So much for ‘sstreamy, rapid, tumultuous, or 
torrential waters. It must be obvious that dif- 
ferent tactics must be employed when sluggish, 
still, or dead water is being fished. Under such 
placid conditions, some anglers allow the fly to 
come round, and do not gather in any line until 
they are preparing for a fresh cast; others keep 
pulling in the line continually as the fly revolves 
—sometimes in three-foot snatches. After many 
throws, the critical moment arrives. There is a 
turmoil in the water, and the head and 
shoulders of a fish are plainly visible; or there 
is a little maelsrom where the lure is judged 
to be; or best of all, the line becomes taut. If 
the last-mentioned be the case, do not stay to 
theorize or think upon postulate or precedent; 
up with the point, and, with a large fly, point 
in italics. When the swirl is seen. it is prob- 
able that time has already run to waste. Strike, 
then, on the off-chance; and strike hard. 
As to what should be done when the fish 
nobly shows himself, no advice can be given; 
probably nerve or innate angling prompting will 
decide. When a wave is seen after the fly, let 
the fly proceed, fly-like. If the fish be in 
earnest, a moment will come when the rodman 
wi know by intuition that the quarry means 
business. Then give it to him generously, and, 
if one hand be on the line, you shall not be 
censured if, as you elevate the rod smartly, or 
turn it laterally (vertically being preferable), 
you, at the same moment, pull in a little line 
smartly, and thus drive the steel home. 
Whether it is better to strike a salmon as it 
rises to the fly with a free reel or with ‘a tight 
line is a question upon which opinion is divided. 
There are experienced anglers, amateur and 
professional, who are ardent advocates of both 
methods. Without discriminating these two 
classes, for the present (though concluding with 
an expression of expert opinion or dictum), we 
proceed. 
The tyro is naturally anxious to make a good 
start—to take short cuts to success—and to 
adopt the most approved piscatorial principles; 
but conflicting advice as to how, when, and why 
to strike a fish leaves him in a woeful state of 
dubiety. The experienced attendant—gillie, bach- 
gen, dyn, forwyn (an onlooker seeing most of the 
game)—who observes the neophyte badly broken 
in a salmonic, combat, lays down the rule of 
“always striking with a free reel.’ But to slap 
it down as an invariable procedure to strike the 
winch is counsel fallacious and misleading. 
One hears of anglers who never strike a sal- 
mon, but they are rare. Perhaps they think 
that they strike not. Perhaps they do not un- 
derstand striking as other fishermen do. There 
may be exceptions in the case of very large fish 
which rise to the top of the water, and, plung- 
ing down with the fly, hook themselves; but 
most usually salmon and grilse need assisting 
on to the hook. The requisite and proper 
amount of force, however, depends upon cir- 
cumstances. Fishing with a short line and in a 
rapid current, the rodman finds that the slight- 
est turn of the wrist, with or without free reel, 
is sufficient to grip firmly a ‘salmon. A fish 
that takes the fly under water without showing 
himself, and signifies the atachment by a sharp 
pull, requires little further pressure. Compare 
the behavior of some trout and many grayling. 
A young angler who sees a fish splash within 
a dozen yards of the point of his rod and feels 
a tug, or even (as in the case of grayling) a 
touch or a mouthing at the same time, will often 
lose his poor head (and his fish), and strike so 
as to endanger rod, line and gut. The only 
possible balance to the indiscretion. of this en- 
thusiast is the reel; for if the line is stopped, a 
catastrophe is inevitable 
When fishing with a long line, and in dead or 
comparatively slack water, the position, out- 
lined above, is different. The fish is felt very 
lightly, even if he takes the fly heartily; but 
more generally the break in the water is the 
only indication of attachment. Then, the force 
required to drive home the barbed hook is far 
greater than that which is demanded at close 
quarters and in a rapid stream. ‘The stroke 
must be sufficiently vigorous to counterbalance 
