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day's sport. Smith Wright knows every hole and cor- 

 ner of Huntley's Lake, the best places to fish and how 

 to fish them. 



There are two kinds of bait casters, the one who 

 uses a fine casting line and very light minnow, frog, 

 spoon, or whatever the bait may be, without shot or 

 weight of any description to assist in casting; the other 

 uses a heavy line, big minnow, weighty frog, or other 

 bait proportionately heavy. 



The man who casts a light bait is apt to look with 

 disdain upon the fellow who practices the heavy cast- 

 ing tactics, but there are times when heavy bait-casting 

 is absolutely essential to successful fishing, particularly 

 in lake fishing where weeds are general. The ideal 

 fishing of the expert is to make long casts with a small 

 frog, light minnow, or spoon, placing the lure before 

 the fish with hardly a perceptible splash. In other 

 words, fine and far-off fishing. 



This style of angling is necessary to successfully 

 fish some waters, particularly those where the water 

 is abnormally clear and free from weeds; but in many 

 of the lakes of the Fox Lake region the light style 

 of bait-casting would be productive of more bites than 

 fish. Most of the fishing is done, if not actually in 

 the weed patches, still so near that the fishes, when 

 they make their runs after seizing the bait, will have 

 to be pulled out from them, thus making a strong 

 running line absolutely necessary; and to get out a 

 stout casting line to any distance a heavy bait is 

 imperative. Personally, I always fish as lightly as 

 possible, and obtain more true enjoyment from deli- 

 cately placing a small frog upon a dock leaf with a 

 good long cast, and thence lightly flicking it into the 

 water with the slightest splash possible, than from 

 any of the heavier methods of casting which I am 

 often compelled to pursue. 



