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color with the exception of the two undeveloped 

 purple-blue wings. Being made of raffia and wound 

 wuth yellow hackle, it will sink slowly to the bot- 

 tom if cast down-stream, when it should be lifted 

 now and then by a quick rise of the rod-tip, thus 

 giving the creeper a lifelike movement in imitation 

 of its ascent to the surface. If cast up-stream in 

 fairly rapid water the cast need be no more than 

 thirty feet, taking in line fast enough to keep the 

 lure from being fouled. This creeper, along with 

 the others, while very attractive, is not intended 

 to replace the use of flies, but to fill the void dur- 

 ing those times when trout are refusing flies. 



All fly-fishermen are familiar with the case or 

 caddis-worm creeper that lies on the river bed or 

 clings to large boulders, sometimes in sw^arms. 

 They have, like myself perhaps, picked out the 

 worm from the case to try these live wrigglers 

 for trout with more or less success. They are, when 

 carefully hooked, wrigglers from Wriggleville, stay 

 well on the hook, and are an entirely satisfactory 

 live bait. In all natural trout streams both caddis 

 and nymph creepers are abundant, furnishing 

 considerable natural food in their season, and it 

 is upon this particular kind of food that trout 

 thrive and rapidly attain great size. For that reason 



