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what is most enticing, provided his 

 first casts are unsuccessful. Consider 

 the season, and use flies similar to 

 those hovering over the water, or, by 

 experimenting, discover the kind most 

 attractive. Many of the trout flies 

 used are too large, and frighten in- 

 stead of attracting the brook trout. 

 In fly-fishing for bass, it is well to let 

 the fly sink some six inches below the 

 surface, then draw it upward, with 

 wrist movement. Strike quickly 

 when a trout takes the fly, otherwise 

 the bait will be rejected before he can 

 be hooked. 



MODERATE PRICE TROUTING OUT- 

 FIT. An angler of long experience 

 says : "Here's a plain, practical, rea- 

 sonable-price outfit with no unneces- 

 sary items : A four-ounce lancewood 

 fly-rod, a common rubber click reel, 

 to hold twenty-five yards of fine 

 water-proof silk line, a seventy-five- 

 cent cane landing net,, small and with 

 no metal on it, a seventy-five-cent 

 creel, a dozen of the best made and 

 highest-priced assorted trout-flies, a 

 pair of waders, and a dollar's worth 



