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good for trolling and for fly-casting, but is not made 

 for bait-casting; you need a quadruple-multiplying 

 reel for this. Meisselbach Take-a-part at $5.50 is a 

 good one. The Tango Minnow is a fine lure; try 

 the white with red top, all red, and the yellow with 

 mottled green back. For small-mouth the Tango, 

 Jr., is good. Other baits I find successful are Jami- 

 son Coaxer, Wilson Wobbler, white with red flutes; 

 South Bend Bass-oreno, white with red head; Hed- 

 don's Crab Wiggler; Jim Dandy, spotted green; 

 Pflueger-Surprise, Perch color. But keep 'em mov- 

 ing in the water. 



QUESTION, (i) Should I reel my bait in fast 

 after a cast? (2) What is the right distance for an 

 average cast? J. K. 



ANSWER. ( i ) Reel in slow for about five feet, 

 then fast. The faster the better just that much 

 sooner do you get another cast out, and when fishing 

 you must cast as often as possible. (2) Fifty feet 

 is as good a cast as you will want to make. Trying 

 to throw the bait to center field merely causes back 

 lashes, which mean lost time. 



QUESTION. What color of artificial baits is best 

 early in the bass season? A. J. B. 



ANSWER. I have had the best luck with white 

 body and red heads, also all red and all white. Try 

 out these, then all green, green and white, and rain- 



