. The complete American and Canadian sportsman's encyclopedia of valuable instruction. Camping; Fishing; Hunting. spring from the sea, as stated before they are termed "; Some ideas of the immense number of them can be formed when it is known that in the Columbia river alone, millions of them are taken every year, and the supply is still on the increase. Salmon are fond of deep waters and usually swim near the bottom, yet they will readily rise to the surface and take any spoon or fly deftly of- fered or observed by them; and a single day's good Salmon angling with the
. The complete American and Canadian sportsman's encyclopedia of valuable instruction. Camping; Fishing; Hunting. spring from the sea, as stated before they are termed "; Some ideas of the immense number of them can be formed when it is known that in the Columbia river alone, millions of them are taken every year, and the supply is still on the increase. Salmon are fond of deep waters and usually swim near the bottom, yet they will readily rise to the surface and take any spoon or fly deftly of- fered or observed by them; and a single day's good Salmon angling with the fly, furnishes enough to talk about for a year; as to forgeting it, if ever fish- ing made a man talk in his sleep, Salmon fishing will do it. Reader if you have, ever caught on the fly and played a fighty three pound Trout or Bass, just magnify and think what it would be had it been a 10or 20 pounder, and you have it in a nutshell; and those that have mastered the art can be reck- oned in Fish Freemasonry as Past Grand Masters of the art. For equipment nothing short of the best is needed, both hands and all the brains nat- ure has given you; for the rod, the best split Bam- boo is none too good, it should be double-handed and measure from 13 to 15 feet, weighing from 15 to 20 ounces. The reel should be large(4^ inch disk), the line hard braided strong silk, 100 to 125 yards, size C, B, or D, leader extra strong, 9 feet in length, and the most guady, brightest colored flies you can find in a well filled Salmon fly book. In taking the fly, Salmon do not rush at it, and if the angler strikes as promptly as in Trout fish- ing, he is apt to pull the hook away and his chance for Salmon meat, is gone, for rarely will they rise twice to the same. When then he takes the fly give him time to go head toward the bottom, (which they invariably do) then strike easily so as to hook him good, bearing in mind that perhaps lo to 20 pounds dead weight is below the hook, and you need your tackle
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