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the bottom, according to where it is fastened on 

 the leader. In many rivers the lamprey as a bait 

 is most attractive to bass, and if the artificial 

 is made as I think it ought, it will be one of the 

 best baits for bass fishermen to use. 



THE GREEN AND BROWN FROGS 



I do not place the frog so far down on the list 

 because of its being inferior to the others as an 

 effective bait, but by reason of its limited avail- 

 ability. The frog is not always, everywhere effec- 

 tive. In certain waters it is supreme, either for 

 bass, pickerel, pike, or muskellunge. Large chub, 

 perch, wall-eyed pike take the frog, at times. I 

 have often fished brown-trout waters with frogs 

 caught on the banks of the stream, but failed 

 every time, though I have ocular proof of trout 

 taking frogs. I witnessed a big captive brown 

 trout gobble four fair-sized green frogs in less 

 than as many minutes, in one case tearing the 

 limbs from the body; a second after, the body 

 vanished likewise. There are certain special waters 

 in which the frog, green or brown, is an irresisti- 

 ble bait for bass and pike. 



In the temperate zone, east or west, there are a 

 large number of species of astonishing variety as to 



