t of the story is that
the brute was hooked foul in the side, rendering the fight and the
capture of so large a fish a double victory.

Many events in the Judge's life will be forgotten, but this first fight
with his first salmon will remain a pleasant memory for ever.

VI.

Here is another experience which all anglers will appreciate. I was
anchored in an eddy at the head of a favorite pool while the current in
the channel of the river was so strong that it was deemed impossible to
make headway against it. The pool in which I was casting was full of
hidden rocks; but for that very reason it was one of the very best on
the river. After an unusually long cast, a fish rose to my fly and was
hooked. On the instant he dashed for the head of the pool, but by the
time the anchor was shipped he reversed his movement with a rush,
carrying with him more than two hundred feet of line. The canoe, having
been forced into the channel, was sweeping downward with great
rapidity, when I became conscious that my line was hitched. The only
hope of rescue was to force the canoe back against the heavy
current--and the order to do so was answered by such a display of skill
and muscle as I had never before and have never since witnessed. The
paddles bent like withs, and for a moment not an inch of headway was
obtained. "We can't move her," was the mournful wail of my faithful
Indians. "You can and must. Away with her!" was all I could say to
them; and "away" it was. After a desperate struggle the canoe reached a
point on a line with the rock on which I was caught, when off the line
flew with a spring which indicated the great tension to which it had
been subjected. "Now let her go!" and down we went, swept by the
current, past rocks, into eddies and over rapids for a mile before I
succeeded in getting the fish in a position where I could check him or
place him where I desired. This I did, however, in time, by getting
below him and holding the canoe broadside to the current. This enabled
me to handle him at will, and the gaffer soon brought him to book. He
weighed twenty-nine pounds.

VII.

One other incident. To have it appreciated, however, I must premise
that the manner in which an angler plays a fish depends largely upon
the condition of the river. Where, after a strike, you can pass into
still water or into a moderate current, the position of your canoe is
of no great moment. But if you are forced into very swift water, to
all