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Now where does the fish live and travel? Exactly as you'd suspect, he rests in front of and behind the boulders, ledges and undercut banks, and when uninterrupted by a tactless angler, he usually travels in the slowest-moving water, which occurs toward the bottom and sides. Because he is streamlined, he always heads up-current. In this respect, it is most interesting to see how the salmon and steelhead pick their way in their upstream migration. In seeking the soft spots, they unerringly zigzag up the stream bed, hugging the bottom, and with their bellies and fins brush the silt and algae off rocks, leaving behind a clearly defined highway, as one fish follows the other along the path of least resistance. 18A Figure 18. Lures carry easily in several compartmented plastic boxes, only the compartments are usually too small for many of the lures. In the box (18A), there were originally eight compartments. It was a simple matter to break out some of the compartments, as is being done with the thumb. 18B (18B) One secret of bringing home heavy fish is to keep your lures bright. Shine them up before you leave home, and don't touch the surface with your fingers; this leaves finger marks which soon tarnish and get dull. Polish them while fishing, too.
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