l68 AMERICAN GAME FISHES. 



Boat-Fishing. — The abova directions for fly-fishing by- 

 wading a stream will answer in the main for casting from a 

 boat on lakes or broad, deep rivers, so far as casting, striking 

 and playing are concerned. The boat should be kept in 

 deep water and the casts made inshore, along the edges of 

 weed-patches, rushes, projecting banks, etc.. also toward 

 shoals, bars, etc. , between the deep and shallow water. 



Tackle. — A somewhat heavier rod should be employed 

 in boat-fishing, for reasons heretofore given, though in no 

 instance should it exceed eight ounces in weight in northern 

 waters; in Florida and the Gulf States it may be an ounce 

 or two heavier, for the bass of that section run up to twelve 

 or fifteen pounds or even more. 



For lake-fishing the "F" fly-line is more suitable than the 

 "G" line; and the flies may be a little larger in size, and 

 gayer in color, especially for rough water. 



minnow-casting. 



Casting the minnow on streams or lakes is a mode of 

 angling that is second only to fly-fishing when suitable tools 

 and tackle are employed. For this style of fishing I devised, 

 some twenty years ago, the rod known as the "Henshall rod," 

 which having been extensively manufactured for fifteen years, 

 is now so well known that it is only necessary to allude to 

 it by name. Previous to this, long and heavy rods and 

 coarse tackle were employed, as mentioned under the cap- 

 tion of "Old-Time Bass-Fishing." Casting the minnow is 

 now, I might say, the most popular method of bass-fishing 

 among expert anglers, for it is, unfortunately, only the 

 minority of the angling fraternity that practice the more 

 artistic and preferable mode of fly-fishing for the Black Bass. 



Rods. The rod for minnow-casting should be short, light 



and flexible. Many anglers use a short, natural cane rod 

 of small caliber, but it is too stiff and inelastic for playing a 

 fish properly, though it answers very well for casting, which, 



