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he swears like a pagan; however, for the beginner 

 the following selection, besides the hackles, will give 

 a fairly varied assortment that will pass muster until 

 he creels the first fish, and the fly used at that time 

 will no doubt be given the place of honor in his pet 

 list. I have found these flies creel fillers: Queen 

 of the Waters, Lord Baltimore, Montreal, Grizzly 

 King, Coachman, Professor, Red Ibis, Seth Green, 

 White Miller, King of the Water, Ferguson, Mc- 

 Ginty, Emerson Hough, Silver Doctor and Parman- 

 chee Belle. Here are flies of enough variety in color 

 for all kinds of water and as you make up your own 

 list you will find that many of the above will be re- 

 tained, as they have made good from the start with 

 many fishermen. 



KEEP OUT OF SIGHT 



One of the essentials in bassing with the fly is to 

 keep out of sight of the fish as much as possible. 

 The bass is every bit as scary as the trout, although 

 once he sees you he will not dart away and disappear 

 like the trout, but will dash off a little distance and 

 stop, facing you. However, don't waste time trying 

 to make him take your fly, because he has a case of 

 " nerves " and you can cast it right over his nose and 

 he merely gives it a disinterested glance. On the 

 small bass streams keep entirely out of sight and on 

 the wider waters make a long cast; the finer the 

 water, the more caution and the longer the cast. On 



