With fly-rod and camera . er,and finally returning to his first position. Reeling in with the utmost rapidity, I soon had ataut line on him a^ain, and then liftinof on the rod I triedto raise him, for 1 like to keep a salmon moving. It isall very fine to stand, according to the ideas of some,with a doubled up rod, for half an hour, waiting for thefish to stir; but it is bad policy. The salmon tires butvery little indeed, so long as he is still, no matter howstrong a lift you put on him, and such a long continuedstrain loosens the hold cf the hook sometimes to a fatalextent. I found that my sal
With fly-rod and camera . er,and finally returning to his first position. Reeling in with the utmost rapidity, I soon had ataut line on him a^ain, and then liftinof on the rod I triedto raise him, for 1 like to keep a salmon moving. It isall very fine to stand, according to the ideas of some,with a doubled up rod, for half an hour, waiting for thefish to stir; but it is bad policy. The salmon tires butvery little indeed, so long as he is still, no matter howstrong a lift you put on him, and such a long continuedstrain loosens the hold cf the hook sometimes to a fatalextent. I found that my salmon was as immovable as if hewere anchored; and it was necessary for me to try otherexpedients. Sometimes a few turns of the reel, if it hasa strong click, will cause the fish to move, and a coupleof smart blows on the butt of the rod with a stone orhuntmg knife telegraphs down the line that he is wantedout of that. 1 tried both, but ineftectually, the fish evidently be-ing either in a sulky mood, or else busily eng? try-. K »
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