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XII 



HOW TO USE NATURE LURES BY A NEW 

 ADVANCED METHOD 



The method of fishing my nature lures here given 

 is the result of experience gained in testing them 

 over a period of five years. They are not intended 

 to be hard-and-fast rules, but guides and hints. 

 They are applicable, I think, to any other lures 

 lighter than water, and I am sufficiently catholic 

 to agree with any angler who has a desire to make 

 his own rules, should he find any better. What 

 I try in every instance is to do as nature does, 

 or as near hke it as I can. I am familiar with all 

 the methods pursued, both here and abroad, 

 both by reading and practice, and so far as I am 

 aware I cannot be accused of taking a false posi- 



