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V. Bottom Fish Food in Lakes in Relation to 



Why Trout Don't Take Flies ... 66 



DIFFERENCE IN FEEDING IN DIFFERENT BODIES OF 

 WATER — examination OF STOMACH— WORMS — PURG- 

 ing — experiments with other lures if itsh 

 don't take flies. 



VI. Nocturnal Feeding of Game-Fish ... 73 



EVIDENCE OF NIGHT FEEDING — DOUBTFUL WISDOM 

 OF MAKING NIGHT FISHING POPUI.AR — ADVISABILITY 

 OF ARTIFICIAL BAITS FOR NIGHT FISHING. 



VII. A Descriptive Chart-Plan to Show the 

 Haunts Where Trout Feed in a Run- 

 ning Stream 79 



WHERE ARE THE BEST PLACES TO FISH? — AERATED 

 WATER — DIFFICULTY OF LEARNING HABITS — OCCUPIES 

 STATIONARY POSITIONS FOR LONG PERIODS. 



VIII. A Descriptive Chart-Plan of Lake Where 



Fish Abide When Feeding .... 90 



WHERE ARE THE BEST PLACES TO FISH ? — DIFFERENT 

 FOODS IN DIFFERENT PLACES — BASS AND PIKE — MIN- 

 NOW CASTING — OTHER BAITS — PERIODS OF INACTIVE 

 FEEDING. 



IX. Game-Fish THAT Leap Above the Surface 



on a Restraining Line 102 



FIFTEEN varieties IN AMERICAN WATERS — LEAPING 

 IN PLAY — TO CATCH INSECTS — SOURCE OF EXCITE- 

 MENT TO THE ANGLER — FIGHTING FISH — THE GRAY- 

 LING — THE FURY OF THE BASS — THE SALMON. 



X. Tribulations of the Live-Bait Anglers . 115 



FAT MEN AND WICKED BOYS — EXPENSE — DIFFICUL- 

 TIES OF CAPTURING FROGS — DIGGING LAMPREYS — 

 MINNOWS AS DIFFICULT TO CATCH AS BASS — THE 

 BRANDY TREATMENT. 



