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the additional advantage of not sinking dead 

 on the bottom by its weight. It is colored true to 

 life, with hook attachment set to best advantage 

 for a good hold, and will give good sport, saving 

 a lot of worry in procuring live bait. 



Reference to trout-hellgrammite, caddis-creeper, 

 and nymph-creeper will be found in Chapter III. 

 In order to further my theory of the efficiency of 

 metal bodies, I invented a new set of six dry and 

 wet gold and silver body fly minnows for bass 

 on No. 6 hook, and trout on No. 10 hooks, named 

 after the most famous and beautiful natural trout 

 streams in New York State. 



Their effectiveness depends altogether on the bril- 

 liant shine of the body in the water when in swift 

 motion. After two seasons of tests in many waters 

 by myself and a number of experts, they have been 

 found to be most effective and deadly fly minnows 

 under any conditions whatever. To make it possi- 

 ble for anglers to use at a very moderate price, con- 

 siderably lower than I could make them, they are 

 under my direction and from my patterns tried by 

 the best fly-try er in England. With each set are 

 given printed instructions showing under what con- 

 ditions they should be used. 



