. Pleasures of angling with rod and reel for trout and salmon . the science its great-est charm, and make success something of whichto be proud. CHAPTER XI. SALMON HABITS AND A LOST bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.—[Old adage. OTWITHSTAKDINGr our suc-cess, we are every day made con-scious that we are too late forthe best fishing. Some of thepools from which half a scoreof salmon could be taken in aday previous to the middle ofJuly, are now barren of fish;and in many others, a day maybe consumed in achieving what could then beaccomplished in an hour. Salmon begin to runinto f
. Pleasures of angling with rod and reel for trout and salmon . the science its great-est charm, and make success something of whichto be proud. CHAPTER XI. SALMON HABITS AND A LOST bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.—[Old adage. OTWITHSTAKDINGr our suc-cess, we are every day made con-scious that we are too late forthe best fishing. Some of thepools from which half a scoreof salmon could be taken in aday previous to the middle ofJuly, are now barren of fish;and in many others, a day maybe consumed in achieving what could then beaccomplished in an hour. Salmon begin to runinto fresh water early in June, or so soon as theSpring freshets are over; and then they showtheir greatest life and voracity. From that timeon to the middle of July, they are most activeaud rise most readily to any object which attractstheir attention. After that — when they havebeen a month or more in fresh water — theybecome somewhat sluggish and less disposed torise. Besides, the water becomes so shallow andtransparent that the very shadow of the line is. PLEASURES OF ANGLING. 77 distinctly visible; and no fish is more shy or moreeasily frightened. To take a salmon under thesecircumstances requires the exercise of the greatestpatience, and to take them in any great numbersis proof of the very highest skill. I would neveradvise any one who has to make a long journey toreach salmon waters to go later than the first ofJuly, except on compulsion. Better fish in Augustthan not fish at all, but you will be sure of a largercatch in one week toward the close of June thanduring a whole month after the fifteenth of July. It is, however, no proof that there are no salmonin a pool because they do not rise. I have morethan once cast all day in a pool alive with leapingsalmon—above, below and all around me—with-out being able to lure one to my hook. This isone of the peculiarities of the fish I cannot own experience is the experience of every onewho has ever spent even a we
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