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Title: With fly-rod and camera
Year: 1890 (1890s)
Authors: Samuels, Edward A. (Edward Augustus), 1836-1908
Subjects: Fishing Fishing
Publisher: New York, Forest and Stream Pub. Co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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our line. I did not need his counsel to see the urs^ent needof such action, and in a very short time the landing netpassed under the grilse, and he was in the hands of theguide. Frere was fast to a noble fish, and his heavy rod,bent into an arch, showed that he was endeavoring tokeep him up in the pool, away from the dangerous rockswhere he had lost the first fish. It was a grand fight! Frere, immediately on strik-ing the fish, left his position in the rushing water, andtook his stand upon the point of the beach near by, thusobtaining a perfect command of the entire length of thepool. The salmon in the first rush took out at least sixtyyards of line without stopping; then, with a mighty leap,sprang into the air, his red eyes gleaming like rubies intheir silver casing. Like a rock he struck the water,throwing it up with a heavy splash in all directions. Asthe fish fell, Frere relinquished his heavy strain upon therod, dropping the tip a foot or two, in order that the
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122 JVith Fly-Rod and Caiiicm. salmon might not free himself by falling upon a tautcasting line. It was only for an instant, however, that the linewas slackened, and the fish had hardly returned to hisnative element when the drag of the rod was again putupon him. Again and again the salmon leaped high inair four times in rapid succession; but Frere met hisevery effort with the consummate skill of the perfectangler. For at least a quarter of an hour did the salmoncourse up and down the pool, now keeping it in a boilwith his gyrations, now swimming deep, and apparentlytrying to chafe the line against the rocks at the bottom;then darting with the speed of lightning to another partof the basin, where he repeated his maneuvers. Fortunately he did not endeavor to reach the rapidsbelow as the other fish had done, but contented himselfwith the deep water in the middle of the pool. At length it was evident that the steady strain ofthe rod was telling upon the fish. His leaps grew lessfrequent,

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