FALL FISHING 



If there is any time in the whole fishing season 

 that is more delightful than the fall or autumn, lead 

 me to it. After the first frost has nipped the leaves 

 and they have changed to countless tints and shades 

 of gold, yellow and red, with the deep green of the 

 pines making them stand out in flashing splendor, 

 then, and not until then, will you realize that it is not 

 all of fishing merely to fish. 



The hot old days of July and August have been 

 passed into the discard and with them all the thou- 

 sands of insect pests that feed on the unsuspecting 

 angler as he works overtime trying to coax the un- 

 interested fish with all manner of baits and lures. 

 No more do you have to wake up two hours before 

 the roosters and just ahead of the sun in order to 

 get to the fishing waters when the fish are in the 

 shallows for a feed, nor do you have to wait until 

 dusk, or darker, to go after them with some chance 

 of finding them in the humor to bite. 



COOL WATERS GIVE 'EM PEP 



During the hot summer days the fish are dull and 

 sluggish, devoting most of the daylight hours to a 



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