Salmon and sea trout : how to propagate, preserve, and catch them in British waters by Maxwell Herbert Sir 1845-1937

Author:Maxwell, Herbert, Sir, 1845-1937
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Salmon fishing -- Great Britain, Sea trout fishing -- Great Britain
Publisher: London : Routledge

a friend's house. Returning at 5.30, I found this fish rising and mounted my solitary blue fly, though

I considered it too large for the intensely bright sunshine. He took it immediately and was landed, 2\ Ibs. Not far from the same place another fish had taken up his position, and, on being offered the blue fly, seized it at the first time over, 2\ Ibs. Three persons, Mr. Abel Henry Smith, M.P., the Hon. Mrs. Smith, and Mr. Anstruther, saw the fly taken out of the mouths of these fish, and I warned them that I should subpoena them as witnesses.

" The next act in the drama did not end so propitiously. Mr. Anstruther was the sole witness to it besides myself. A large fish was rising in a pool at the foot of an alder. I got the blue fly nicely over him, and he took the first opportunity of hooking himself. Throwing himself out of the water, he showed well over 3 Ibs., but, dashing into a dense bed of weeds, he struggled so violently that, in spite of all care, he smashed the gut, and carried off the last of my heretical flies. I stopped operations after landing two other fish (3 Ibs. and

I 1 Ibs.) on the grey fly, making a total of eight fish weighing i6f Ibs., besides a few others returned under size.

"By the time these lines are. in print, the Mayfly will be over, so I cannot undertake to repeat the experiment this year in the presence of experts, but if I am spared to see another season I shall hold myself ready to do so. For that matter, anyone may try the experiment for himself, but let me repeat what I have already said about the importance of having the flies tied with modulations of light and dark red, blue, or whatever colour may be chosen. Meanwhile, I forward for the editor's

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