126 LAKE AND STREAM GAME FISHING 

 TROLL DEEP FOR BASS 



When the bass have left the shore waters for the 

 cooler deep water and you have failed to coax them 

 up with the cast, just locate a bar, twenty or thirty 

 feet under water, and take a shot at trolling for 

 them with a Keeling Expert under-water minnow. 

 Take the small size, about a two-inch minnow, let 

 out about 75 feet of line, and troll deep. For clear 

 water use the bronze or copper color, and for dull 

 days try the aluminum. For an artificial, this little 

 old bait is sure a winner. A mud minnow, frog or 

 pork rind strip, with a little red yarn and a No. 3 

 spoon, makes a trolling outfit that looks good to 

 the bass. 



There is one little angle to the trolling game that 

 some of the sure-enough fishermen have overlooked, 

 and that is to troll with flies for bass. Take a nine- 

 foot gut leader, loop on three flies, slip three split- 

 shot sinkers, about No. i, on the leader three feel- 

 apart to keep the flies one or two feet below the 

 surface, and troll along very slowly and quietly. 

 Let out 25 yards of line and strike right after the 

 bass strikes. A good combination of flies for troll- 

 ing is the Coachman, Silver Doctor and the red or 

 brown Hackle. Trolling with flies for bass might 

 be called the highest art of that end of the fishing 

 game, as it requires more skill and attention than the 

 ordinary run of trolling. 



