COXTENTS xiii 



CHAPTER PAOE 



XI. Description of Some New Ideas for Float- 

 ing Nature Lures 127 



advantages of floating baits — minnows — red 

 and gold — blue and silver — the darter — advan- 

 tages of small minnows — frogs — bullheads — 

 crawfish — bass — hellgr.\mmite — winged hell- 

 grammite — caterpillars. 



XII. How TO Use Nature Lures by a New Ad- 

 vanced Method 142 



FAIRNESS TO THE FISH — EXACT IMITATIONS — CASTING 

 — RIVER FISHING — MANIPULATION OF THE ROD TIP — 

 BOTTOM FISHING — INDIVIDUAL METHODS BY INDIVID- 

 UAL ANGLERS — THE PROPER OUTFIT FOR TROUT FISH- 

 ING. 



XIII. Advice to Anglers on How to Make Their 



Own Nature Lures 161 



THE art OF FISHING A FASCINATING STUDY — MATE- 

 RIALS REQUIRED — BASIC CONSTRUCTION OF LURES — 

 THE FROG — THE CRAWFISH — CRICKET, GRASSHOPPER, 

 HELLGRAMMITE — MINNOWS. 



XIV. Notes on the Breeding and Planting of 



Game-Fish Food by Private and State 

 Hatcheries 172 



by private and state hatcheries — necessity of 



ABUNDANCE OF FOOD — MORE IMPORTANT THAN 

 STOCKING WITH GAME-FISH — NECESSITY OF THE AN- 

 GLEr's VITAL INTEREST IN ENCOURAGING GROWTH 

 OF GAME-FISH — STOP OVERSTOCKING. 



XV. Why Present-Da y Artificia ls are Ineffect- 

 ive AND Not Popular with Expert 

 Anglers 178 



NOT POPULAR with EXPERT ANGLERS — RUBBER 

 "frights" — ARTIFICIAL BAITS THAT DO NOT RESEM- 

 BLE THE REAL — BUGS — SPIRITUAL EFFECTS OF AN- 

 GLING. 



Index 185 



