. The salmon fisher [microform]. Salmon; Salmon-fishing; Saumon; Saumon. THE SALMON FISHER. 57 and it should taper for seven to eight yards at the end. A bulky line shows too much in the water. It is a good rule to fish with as thin a line as one can possibly make good casting with. There is a good deal of nonsense afloat about the selection of flies—the least experienced anglers^^ being apt to talk most empirically of patterns, sizes^ and numbers of hooks ; and a sort of international dispute is rife as to the size of flies used by English and American anglers respectively—it being charged th
. The salmon fisher [microform]. Salmon; Salmon-fishing; Saumon; Saumon. THE SALMON FISHER. 57 and it should taper for seven to eight yards at the end. A bulky line shows too much in the water. It is a good rule to fish with as thin a line as one can possibly make good casting with. There is a good deal of nonsense afloat about the selection of flies—the least experienced anglers^^ being apt to talk most empirically of patterns, sizes^ and numbers of hooks ; and a sort of international dispute is rife as to the size of flies used by English and American anglers respectively—it being charged that Americans use giant flies habitually, while his more intelligent British cousin fishes " fine and far off, you ; The truth is, that national proclivi- ties disappear when skilled anglers come to the scratch, and one is just as apt as the other to select those flies which are most suitable to the water and the season, both as regards size and pattern. An old Scotch angler in the London Fishing Gazette gives this good advice. He says : " Many anglers get so conservative in their ideas, that they think if the fish do not take a Jock Scott or some ther fancy one they have, all the same size> they wiL take nothing. I consider this a great mis-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hallock, Charles, 1834-1917. New York : Harris Pub. Co.
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