The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-06-24

Seasoaabie information For 1hose WIZ
F.. Are Going 20 fish.
ISr,arial Cnrv,aunoudsuceI
Especial Correspondeuce.I


D.. TOROyTO. June FLA salmon does NOT
take the fly like trout. and never rises 10
II while passing up or down a stream II
! is only while It is lying at rest in tho
waves. the rcposing water at the foot OF
Z, swift rapid or the silent starting place OF
such a rapid. that il will respond to the
skillful cast Salmon may be moving
along BY the thousand in the deep
stretches of the stream that extend some
{. times for mile between rapids. but the
angler might drop his flies above them
(. for year if it were possible. and never
be rewarded by a rise The pool is the
place ~ whip. and the time early morning
or late in the afternoon. II the epicurean
denizen of the pool is so inclined there Is
sport ahead for the angler He drops his
flies lightly on the water. and the salmon
starts fer it ut once II it were trout
rising to the ny. he would take it with o
swoop aad a whirl, and away he wonld
20. True, the salmon darts from his hid:
ING upw.rd toward the fly. after the man
ner OF the rocket. also. but just before he
reaches tie fly he stops for a second below
lit. Only for second though. and then
/ he rises. opens his great jaws. draws the
fly and hook into his month and drops
like plt,mmet toward the bottom. In
doing hat he carries the barbed
hook deep in his upper jaw. Then
the trouble that follows is di-
vided between the salmon and the angler
The mote the salmon tries TO get out OK
trouble tl,. deeper he gets the angler in.
The fish no sooner feels the hook in his
law than he seems 10 realize what the
tI; ~
first thing the fisherman knows hundred
feet Of line have spun from his reel. ana
he thinks lie as in for a long chase down
stream. when suddenly the salmon changes
his mind. doubles. and dashes straight
, back at the boat Then the angler is put
to his met.le to reel in the slack OF that
line. Ii is no sooner taut than the sal
mon feels its tension in his jaw. and the
chances are that whiz! he will shoot up
out of the water until he clears it twice
or thrice his length. Then he takes
header and dashes madly down into the
depths again. tearing this way and that
in his wild fury. darting around and
around, and making lively work for both
the angler and the man at the oars or
paddle Then again the mad fish may
start down stream like steam yacht, and:
put the guide to his best skill and tact to
to keep the boat along with him. Tho
hooked salmon may lead a chase for a
mile in this way, then stop suddenly and
resume its leaping and doubling tactics:
The fight may last an hour or more, and
if the angler is skillful and cool, and the
guide or gafTer dexterous and watchfnl,'
it will have but one ending. and event
ually the glittering. throbbing prize will
be stretched on the bottom of the canoe.
The angler for salmon hates to encoun-.
ter a 'sulller' in his fish. A sulker is
always a large fish, and he will not show
fight at once but will sink to the bottom
and lie there Whenever he does make
UP his mind to fight. though. the angler
may make up his mind at the same time
that the struggle will be a good one But
the contrary fish may lie in the sulks for
half day or more. and, as the true
sportsman cannot retreat or abandon the
siege with honor. he must sit there and
await the salmons royal pleasure if he
has TO STAY all night. c. r. STEPHENS.