| Rivers are great places to catch salmon. In North | | | | some reeling in, so make sure your line is strong |
| America, there are many rivers flowing into the | | | | enough. You don't want to lose him 12 inches |
| Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. Every year the | | | | from home, do you? |
| salmon migrate upstream to the places where | | | | The good thing about river fishing is that when |
| they hatched, returning to breed again. | | | | they are running, there are lots of them so you |
| In these same rivers, trout are abundant and are | | | | can go out pretty sure of having a great day |
| much easier to catch than the salmon, but isn't it | | | | fishing. |
| a lot more fun to have a big, fighting salmon on | | | | Salmon eggs make a really tempting bait for river |
| your line, rather than the more gentle trout? | | | | fishing. They are the right color and if you can |
| Fishing in rivers means casting from the bank, or | | | | cast them nicely, the salmon soon give them a |
| wading into the river to get a bigger range of | | | | bite and away you go. However, be careful, in |
| cast. I much prefer the experience of this kind of | | | | some areas, live bait is forbidden and you have to |
| fishing as opposed to trawling from a boat. I feel | | | | revert to lures. Whatever you do, you don't want |
| it is more personal and gives me a bigger feeling | | | | to be in trouble with the Fish and Game |
| of satisfaction when I haul one in. Don't you feel | | | | authorities. |
| the same? | | | | As a last word, always check your tackle before |
| Of course it takes considerably more skill to fish | | | | you leave home. Make sure you have a good |
| the river, rather than the lakes or the oceans. | | | | supply of every thing you need. It might seem a |
| You have to master the art of casting and this is | | | | dumb comment, but you would be amazed how |
| not an easy matter. | | | | many fishermen run out of something when it is |
| Just bear in mind that these big, strong fish take | | | | most needed. |