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grammite are so made in form as to be suitable 

 for trolling as well as casting. Swimming upright, 

 they are attractive and deadly bass baits. They 

 have taken bass in every kind of water — at the 

 surface, midwater, and at the bottom in both 

 sw^ift and still water. 

 The caterpillars, made either with treble small 

 hooks or one large hook, have brown body and 

 hackle. Another is done in black, and there is 

 also one in gray. The large blue dragon-fly, up to 

 the present, has only been used, to any extent, in 

 the South and Southwest: Florida, Carolina, Ten- 

 nessee, Texas, California, and other States. It 

 copies the insect true to life, and is large and with 

 a powerful hook suited to the big-mouth bass, 

 by which it seems to be preferred. For the cricket 

 I have made three different sizes: a big one for 

 large bass and trout, a medium, and one quite 

 small for average-size trout, which is very effec- 

 tive from early spring to fall. The lamprey is 

 the only " heavier-than-water " bait I have pro- 

 duced for both casting and trolling. The peculiar 

 wriggle natural to the creature is well imitated 

 by two twists in the hook. But a later imitation 

 floats and swims along a short distance below 

 the surface, giving the same lifelike wriggle with 



