S. H. Malmesbury.
NATURAL FORMS OF FAVOURITE TROUT FLIES.
FOOTNOTES:
[4] This hook or beak on the lower jaw of male salmon is a provision of nature to enable them to rake those furrows in the gravel wherein the female deposits her ova. It has been known to pierce entirely through the upper jaw, causing the ultimate death of the fish.—Ed.
[5] The foul-hooked salmon, too, has far more leverage.—Ed.
[6] Rods of split cane are very largely used, and as they are light and strong have much to recommend them.—Ed.