GENERAL SWEET-WATER TACKLE 135 



Regulation bass flies are tied upon Nos. 2, 4 and 6 

 hooks, and some even larger on Nos. i and i-o; but 

 these last are most suited to trolling. Flies on 4 and 

 6 hooks are plenty large enough and best suited to 

 almost all bass waters. 



Here is a list of good bass flies: Coachman, Hen- 

 shall, oriole, royal coachman, silver doctor, Ferguson, 

 Montreal, Parmachene Belle, scarlet ibis, grizzly 

 king. Also the various hackles and palmers. 



Other necessary articles for the bass fly-fishing kit, 

 all of which have been above described, are: Leader 

 box, fly-book, creel, etc. See chapters on trout fly- 

 fishing. The subject of bass fly-fishing is, of course, 

 entitled to much more extended treatment than is 

 here accorded it; but the tools and tackle for the same 

 so closely approximate those required for trout fly- 

 casting that, in view of the above rather full treatment 

 of the latter, further discussion seems unnecessary 

 here. 



Trolling is a favorite and effective method of taking 

 bass and other game fish and the tackle required is 

 not at all complicated. As a usual 

 thing the angler can assemble a good iT 1 ^ 

 trolling outfit from his general kit. 

 The rod may be of any sort it is taken for granted 

 that you will not care to troll with a hand-line 

 but should be a stiff one. For the reason that a quad- 

 ruple-multiplying reel has not the winding-in power 

 of a double-multiplier the latter should be used. Any 



