The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-05-21
HOW SALMON TAKE THE FLY.
And How They Fight After They Take It
The Sulk IRIS Tactics.


"A salmon doesn't take the fly as a trout
docs. and 1t never rises to one while it Is pass
ing up or down n stream" said an experienced
angler for this king Of fish. 1T is only while
the salmon Is lying at rest In pools. the repos-
Ing water at the foot Of SOM swift rapid. or
the silent starting place OF such q rapid. that 1t
will respond to the flsherman's cast Salmon
may be moving along by the thousand in the
deep stretches OF q stream that extend perhaps
for q mile between rapids. but the angler
might drop his flies above them for a
year. II 1t were possible. without ever be-
ing rewarded by O single rise. The pool
is the place to whip. and the time
early morning or late In the afternoon. II the
epicurean denizon OF the pool lie so inclined
there is sport ahead for tho angler. He drops
his fly lightly on the water. and the salmon In
the humor will rise to 1t and seize It at once.
Then the excitement begins. 1t is divided
between the fish and the fisherman. The more
the salmon tries to get out OF trouble the
deeper he gets the angler in. The fish no
sooner feels the hook in bis Jaw than he seems
to realize that he has got to get 1t out as soon
as possible or 1t will DO bad for him. Then
things begin to boil. The nrst thing
the fisherman knows D hundred feot OF
limo have spun from his reel. and he thinks
he Is In for . long chase down stream. when
suddenly the salmon doubles and dashes
straig hit back toward the boat. Then thers 10
work Tor the angler II he expects to reel
In the slack OF the line and get II taut
again In good time No sooner lie the line
taut once more than tho salmon feels its ten
sion through the hook in his jaw, and the
Of the water bis snttre length and more.
Taxing his header. he dashss madly down into
t Hsy. d ss,.s sss Iasn ss. .l5 this way aGd that
Ih,sS'Il r0t Il h sIs t 5S... i' aitaa an and .us .he
thss mad f.sh "a may tst. 'p Il into as 'f III:
head to start down stream liz a steam engine.
s!sas si IT, s SS,ds f # n .sl% Ssss may sH 1i issd 's b sS SS:s
: It. Gaping sapi sH And i" dous sfEn '% saeties. f fhs
sahman, dexterous and watchfui, the contest
tths ellttsring prlzs viii be- stretched stths
s soItG% . Of t the e ,Ss asb l. yhH .nSlGr ,x !: mot mot
one ending, The slitterIpe prize viii not be
stretcsed on the bottom Of the canoe. but ina
HSry short time T,il be a. y; bottom Of mis-
was not worthy Of his steel.
The one thing IN a fight with . salmon that
liability OF the f.h to sulK. AsuIker is always
a Ris ash; H. VII no, show hsht ~ ones but
ssis 70 sei fn %sss sn az the sss taSs viii Il ess : st sSi
Sas. or but %at the Js sslkia q, h .hs m anH iis fSs hsi, :
start him. No salmon fisherman can With
and he must possess his soul In patience. and
wait until the sulker concludes To omen the
on record that in lSs3. In the Marguerite
hiver. Canada a fishsrman hooked q, salmon
sulke r. and it lay In the dumps until lo'eioct
In the afternoon. Then the Dig tsh suddenly |
started down stream and ran at railroad speed
running ant fought the angler. by all the
salmon's known tasticA up and down and
across the river. Tor two mortal houTs without |
a moments rest. before hs gave up ami sub
milfed to the Ean. The fisherman was almost
a. hrsi!y played OUT as the salmon Was when
tY hand the old war horse over to some one
else 70 finish II the tight had lasted many MIN
utes longer That salmon weighed forty
largest killed In that Watsl