LITTLE POINTS THAT COUNT 149 



pockets of the weed beds and lily pads is a hundred 

 to one better shot on landing a strike, and at the 

 same time you don't have to use up a barrel of arnica 

 to reduce the stiffness in your casung arm. 



When you start casting keep at it; don't make a 

 few casts and then loaf on the job or look around 

 for a new location. Cast into every likely looking 

 spot along the weeds, into the pockets, by the wind- 

 falls and logs, every old place that you think a bass 

 may be hanging around hoping for a feed. Keep 

 your bait in the water and moving. Of course, a 

 fellow cannot expect a strike on every cast, but plac- 

 ing them right and keeping at it increases your 

 chances and lowers the lost time on the fishing 

 waters. One carelessly thrown cast not only kills 

 that cast, but usually takes up enough time to kill two 

 or three, and when you figure that you generally get 

 a strike on an average of every 50 to 60 casts, it pays 

 to make 'em all count. And also from another 

 angle the careless cast gets a black eye. Many fish 

 have been frightened out of good casting spots by a 

 shot in the wrong place. Rather toss the bait, say 

 30 or 40 feet and land it right, than shoot it 70 feet 

 and land it any old place. 



KEEP THE LINE TAUT 



Up out of the water and back again is a favorite 

 trick of the bass, and if he lands on a taut line when 

 he flops back, he nearly always makes a getaway. 



