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V. BOTTOM FISH FOOD IN LAKES IN RELATION TO 

 WHY TROUT DON'T TAKE FLIES . . . 



DIFFERENCE IN FEEDING IN DIFFERENT BODIES OF 

 WATER EXAMINATION OF STOMACH WORMS PURG- 

 ING EXPERIMENTS WITH OTHER LURES IF FISH 



DON'T TAKE FLIES. 



VI. NOCTURNAL FEEDING OF GAME-FISH ... 73 



EVIDENCE OF NIGHT FEEDING DOUBTFUL WISDOM 

 OF MAKING NIGHT FISHING POPULAR ADVISABILITY 

 OF ARTIFICIAL BAITS FOR NIGHT FISHING. 



VII. A DESCRIPTIVE CHART-PLAN TO SHOW THE 

 HAUNTS WHERE TROUT FEED IN A RUN- 

 NING STREAM 79 



WHERE ARE THE BEST PLACES TO FISH? AERATED 



WATER DIFFICULTY OF LEARNING HABITS OCCUPIES 



STATIONARY POSITIONS FOR LONG PERIODS. 



VIII. A DESCRIPTIVE CHART -PLAN OF LAKE WHERE 



FISH ABIDE WHEN FEEDING .... 90 



WHERE ARE THE BEST PLACES TO FISH ? DIFFERENT 

 FOODS IN DIFFERENT PLACES BASS AND PIKE MIN- 

 NOW CASTING OTHER BAITS PERIODS OF INACTIVE 

 FEEDING. 



IX. GAME-FISH THAT LEAP ABOVE THE SURFACE 



ON A RESTRAINING LINE 102 



FIFTEEN VARIETIES IN AMERICAN WATERS LEAPING 

 IN PLAY TO CATCH INSECTS SOURCE OF EXCITE- 

 MENT TO THE ANGLER FIGHTING FISH THE GRAY- 

 LING THE FURY OF THE BASS THE SALMON. 



X. TRIBULATIONS OF THE LIVE-BAIT ANGLERS . 115 



FAT MEN AND WICKED BOYS EXPENSE DIFFICUL- 

 TIES OF CAPTURING FROGS DIGGING LAMPREYS 



MINNOWS AS DIFFICULT TO CATCH AS BASS THE 

 BRANDY TREATMENT. 



