With Fly-Rod and CameraGeneral Books, 2013 - 74 pages This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1890 edition. Excerpt: ...as it is the fly.' "As he spoke he rose and began turning over pieces of turf, stones and old logs. I asked him what he was about, and his reply was: 'We'll try a bunch of worms on the beggars, that is if you have a bait hook.' "'Worms! Tom, ' I exclaimed, 'who ever heard of taking a salmon with angle worms?' "'I have, more than once, ' he answered, 'and we'll give these a try.' "I searched through my book, but could not find a bare hook. "'I have none, Tom, ' said I, 'but if you can find the worms I will cut the feathers off one of my large flies.' "Tom succeeded in finding a dozen or more angle worms, and after he had impaled them on my hook I waded out into the rapids, and dropping the bait, let it float down and sink into the deep pool below. I had not the slightest faith that a salmon would touch it, but I wanted to try the experiment. "Suddenly, when the bait had sunk four or five feet in the deep, dark water, I felt a mighty pull, and, striking, I found I was fast to a large fish. Heavens! how that beggar pulled; the reel sang out piteously as the line spun out, but the fish hung to the bottom and would not jump. "'Tom, ' I exclaimed, 'he's a heavy fish and a strong one; he hangs to the bottom like all possessed.' "'Yes, sur, ' replied Tom, sucking away at his pipe, 'you've got all you can handle, sure.' "For over a quarter of an hour did that fish waltz around the pool, circling sometimes slowly, sometimes with great speed, but never at the surface where he could be seen. My wrists were growing tired, for I had kept a strain on the fish for all my casting line was worth, and I began to find I was getting too much of a good thing." "Yes," interrupted Frere, "it must... |
