. American angler's guide : or, complete fisher's manual, for the United States: containing the opinions and practices of experienced anglers of both hemispheres ; with the addition of a second Fishing. rocks—give him the butt and turn him again. He comes round—he cannot bear that steady pull—what excellent tackle ! lead him downwards—he follows reluctantly, but he is beginning to fag. Keep winding up your line as you lead him along. He is inclined to take a rest at the bottom, but as you hope to land him, do not grant him a moment. Throw in a large stone at him, but have both your eyes
. American angler's guide : or, complete fisher's manual, for the United States: containing the opinions and practices of experienced anglers of both hemispheres ; with the addition of a second Fishing. rocks—give him the butt and turn him again. He comes round—he cannot bear that steady pull—what excellent tackle ! lead him downwards—he follows reluctantly, but he is beginning to fag. Keep winding up your line as you lead him along. He is inclined to take a rest at the bottom, but as you hope to land him, do not grant him a moment. Throw in a large stone at him, but have both your eyes open—one on your rod, and the other on the place where the fish lies— lest he make a rush when you are stooping for a stone, and break loose. Great, at this moment, is the advantage of the angler who has a ' cast' in his eye ! That stone has startled the fish—no rest for salmo—and now he darts to the surface. ' Up wi tnily ! ' what a leap ! it is well you humored him by dipping the top of your rod, or he would have gone free. Again and again! these are the last efforts of despair, and they have exhausted him. He is seized with stupor, like a stout gentleman who has suddenly exerted himself after dinner, or a boxer who has just received a swinging blow ou the jugular. Draw him towards the shore, he can scarcely move a fin. Quick, the garf is in his gills, and now you have him out; and as he lies stretched on the pebbles, with his silver sides glancing in the sun, you think that you never caught a handsomer fish in your life, though you perceive that you have been wrong in your estimate of his weight— thirty pounds—for it is evident that he does not weigh more than thirteen. It was exactly half-past seven when you hooked him, and when you look at your watch after landing him, you perceive that it wants a quarter to nine, so that he nas kept you in exercise exactly an hour and a ; Artificial Flies for Salmon Fishing. The flies used in this country
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