LOCALITIES OF THE STRIPED BASS. 391 



STRIPED BASS FISHING. 



With the sole exception of Salmon fishing, this is the finest 

 of the seaboard varieties of piscatorial sport. The Striped Bass 

 is the boldest, bravest, strongest, and most active fish that visits 

 the waters of the Midland States, and is, as I have before ob- 

 served, to be surpassed only by the Salmon. 



Everywhere, from the capes of the Chesapeake to the St. Law- 

 rence, they run up the rivers to spawn in the early spring, and 

 shelter themselves in the shallow lagoons Avithin the outer bars 

 during the winter. 



Everywhere they are fished for eagerly, and esteemed alike a 

 prize by the angler and the epicure. 



In every manner they are fished for with success, and with 

 almost every bait. 



The fly will take them brilliantly, and at the end of three 

 hundred yards of Salmon-line a twelve pound Bass will be found 

 quite sufficient to keep even the most skilful angler's hands as 

 full as he can possibly desire. 



The fly to be used is any of the large Salmon flies, the larger 

 and gaudier the better. None is more taking than an orange 

 body with peacock and blue jay wings and black hackle legs ; 

 but anv of the well-known Salmon flies will secure him, as will 



