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small darter, one and one-half and two inches long, 

 or the little terror, same size. Both have captured 

 fairly big fish many times. These small minnows 

 when played dexterously round big boulders in 

 rough water are very effective. Experts will re- 

 call how very often they find a big brown trout 

 lying directly back of a large rock, with rushing 

 water at CMch side of his quiet lair. A minnow 

 run down that rapid water is bound to be taken 

 with a savage dash. 



Another useful point in these tiny baits, is that 

 they are easier to cast to different spots and to 

 get into difficult places. They are not easily en- 

 tangled or lost on overhanging branches or under 

 the logs we so often come across in the narrower 

 places. 



Before concluding this "how to use" chapter, 

 I wish to emphasize the fact that each individual 

 angler should independently endeavor to originate 

 a method of his own and try to perfect it for him- 

 self, simply noting these suggestions as guides and 

 hints — to elevate his recreation from the "catch- 

 fish -anyhow method" to the higher, more perfect 

 accord with nature, and to make his fishing a 

 real art that will prove not only intensely inter- 

 esting but reasonable and sane. For our own self- 



